[Rear of Mullen Brothers plumbing shop]

[Rear of Mullen Brothers plumbing shop]

Photographer unknown

Richard D. and Daniel P. Mullen are posing with a customer in a rear room of their plumbing business. One of the brothers appears to be hammering on a piece of pipe. Pipe cutters and other equipment are visible on work tables. Pieces of pipe are stacked on shelves under the tables, and coils of copper pipe are visible in the right foreground of the photograph. The number 224” has been written on the emulsion side of the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the picture. The number “2” has been written in the upper left corner.

Plumbing industry
Dubuque (Iowa) -- Pictorial works
William J. Klauer Collection
Glass negatives
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 glass plate negative scanned in 16 - bit grey scale at 1200 ppi.

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William J. Klauer Collection

Still image

1912-05/06

KL 199-097

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

1036 Main Street, Dubuque, Iowa

According to the 1912 Dubuque City Directory, the Mullen Brothers names were Richard M. Mullen and Daniel P. Mullen