[Coates & Robinson Insurance Company office in the Bank & Insurance Building]

[Coates & Robinson Insurance Company office in the Bank & Insurance Building]

Photographer unknown

Holding several papers, a man is seated at a desk placed near corner windows in an office, probably that of the Coates & Robinson Insurance Company. The spine of a book titled "Carr Ryder Adams Co. 1911-12" is visible standing upright in a cubbyhole on the left side of the desk. A large, monthly calendar for June, 1912, and advertising the “Coates & Robinson Insurance Company … Dubuque, Iowa,” is prominently displayed on a wall behind the man. A telephone is visible on a window sill. The floor is covered in a dark wool rug in a geometric pattern; a spittoon and tall, wire wastebasket are placed on the rug near the desk. The number "80" 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.

Real estate
Insurance
Mortgages
Offices
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 049-210

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

617-619 Bank & Insurance Building, 9th and Main Streets, Dubuque, Iowa

The 1912 Dubuque City Directory indicates that F. W. Coates and F. C. Robinson sold insurance, real estate, loans and mortgages.

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