[In front of the Union Electric streetcar barn]

[In front of the Union Electric streetcar barn]

Photographer unknown

Five men are seated in an open, Adams-Farwell automobile touring car. In unspecified order, the gentlemen seated in the car include Frank Fosselmann, grocer, Nick Gindorff (in derby hat), cashier at German Trust & Savings Bank, Henry Kaep co-owner of the clothing store Kaep & Buechele, and Adolph Kochendorfer, saloon owner. A sixth man is standing beside the car. Behind the automobile, on a track, is an electric railroad car, number “80.” Across the street and behind the automobile, may be seen Frank Fosselmann’s Grocery. A long awning may be seen above the front of the building and a sign for “Frank Fosselmann Grocer, Use Rooster Flour” is painted on the dark brick on the side of the building. A display of canned goods is visible in the store's front window. Additional rail tracks may be seen in the street in front of the automobile.

Automobiles
Electric railroads
Street railroads
Railroad shops & yards
Grocery stores
Grocers
Dubuque (Iowa) -- Pictorial works
William J. Klauer Collection. City at Work Project
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.

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

William J. Klauer Collection

Still image

1912-05/06

KL 401-035

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

Couler Avenue and Blocklinger Lane, Dubuque, Iowa

The Encyclopedia Dubuque (www.encyclopediadubuque.org) states that the Adams Company manufactured fifty-two Adams-Farwell automobiles featuring futuristic innovations including fuel injection, supercharging, and automatic timing. The car was the first in the world to be powered with a rotary air-cooled engine. Placed in the rear of the car, the engine was designed by the factory’s superintendent and engineer, Fay Oliver Farwell.

The 1912 Dubuque City Directory indicates that Frank Fosselmann's Grocery is located at 2376 Couler Avenue and Mr. Fosselmann's residence is at the same address.

This image was displayed in the “City at Work” exhibit at the Dubuque Museum of Art, December 7, 2013 – March 24, 2014.

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