[Unidentified tailor standing in his shop]

[Unidentified tailor standing in his shop]

Photographer unknown

The tailor is standing behind a cutting table on which are pattern pieces, rulers and yardsticks. A lamp hangs over the table. On the other side of the narrow room are cloth patterns and partially sewn dresses hanging on a clothes rack. Two women are seated at a table behind the tailor. Various scissors, wooden spools of thread, pins and other sewing items are visible on the table. Two sewing machines are on a table behind the women. Another man may be seen standing at the rear of the room. The number “72” has been written on the emulsion side of the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the picture. The number “4” is written in the upper left corner.

Tailor shops
Dubuque (Iowa) -- Pictorial works
William J. Klauer Collection
Gelatin silver prints
Itinerant photographers

The Center for Dubuque History, Loras College, 1450 Alta Vista Street, Dubuque, Iowa 52001

Digital image captured using a Microtek ScanMaker 8700 with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a gelatin silver print scanned in 16 - bit grey scale at 1200 ppi.

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William J. Klauer Collection

Still image

1912-05/06

KL 037-039

This record is part of the William J. Klauer Collection held by The Center for Dubuque History, Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa.

Location unknown

The original glass plate negative was lost. A gelatin silver print created in the 1970s remains.