[Peter Kiene seated at his desk]

[Peter Kiene seated at his desk]

Photographer unknown

Mr. Kiene is seated at a large roll-top desk. A telephone, papers and pens are on the desk. The cubbyholes and drawers on the desk are carefully labeled. Above the desk are photographs of family members, possibly including ones of his son and father. On a wall behind Mr. Kiene is a photograph of a civil war monument, probably of Abraham Lincoln. A piece of red, white and blue bunting is draped over a corner of the photograph of the monument. The number “215” has been written on the emulsion side of the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the picture. The number “1” is written in the upper left corner.

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Dubuque (Iowa) -- Pictorial works
William J. Klauer Collection
Gelatin silver prints
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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 038-121

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

4th and Main Streets, Dubuque, Iowa

According to the Encyclopedia Dubuque (www.encyclopediadubuque.org), Peter Kiene was a community leader, director of the First National Bank, and charter member of the library board. He enlisted in the Union army at the age of fifteen and was captured and imprisoned at Andersonville and Libby Prisons. The intervention of his father, Peter Kiene, Sr., on behalf of a Confederate soldier held at Rock Island led to his son receiving special attention at Andersonville, a prison known for harsh conditions that led to the deaths of many Union prisoners.

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