[Unidentified dressmaker's shop in the Bank & Insurance Building]

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Title

[Unidentified dressmaker's shop in the Bank & Insurance Building]

Creator

Photographer unknown

Description

11 women work in an unidentified dressmaker's shop in the B & I Building. There is a woman working at an ironing board in the foreground at left, and a dressmaker's dummy on a table in the foreground at right. Nine of the women are working at tables in the back of the room. A June, 1912 calendar hangs on the wall. The number “154” has been written on the emulsion side of the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the picture. The number “4” has been written in the upper left corner.

Subject

Clothing and dress
Sewing
Dubuque (Iowa) -- Pictorial works
William J. Klauer Collection
Glass negatives
Itinerant photographers

Source

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

Format

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

Rights

Contact The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College, 1450 Alta Vista Street, Dubuque, Iowa 52001 or call (563) 588-7100 © 2013 LORAS COLLEGE

Relation

William J. Klauer Collection

Type

Still image

Date

1912-05/06

Identifier

KL 133-401

Publisher

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

Coverage

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

Citation

Photographer unknown, “[Unidentified dressmaker's shop in the Bank & Insurance Building],” Loras College Digital Collections, accessed November 29, 2024, https://400768.2mxaj.group/items/show/5314.