[Thomas J. Mulgrew ice wagon on Couler Avenue]

[Thomas J. Mulgrew ice wagon on Couler Avenue]

Photographer unknown

A large wagon pulled by two horses is parked at the side of the street. Two men, one holding the horses’ reins, are seated on the bench seat of the wagon. A horse and small, enclosed buggy with its rear door open, is parked behind the wagon. Behind the buggy, a tanker truck maybe seen driving down the street in the opposite direction. Another man, possibly one of the photographers, is holding a package in one hand and a cigarette in the other while standing on the brick sidewalk next to the wagon. Hitching posts, street car tracks, electrical poles and electrical lines are also visible. Painted on the side of a large brick building behind the wagon and buggy are three signs: “Undertaking and Embalming. F. Reinfried,” “Double wear work shoe" and "& Hand made Star of the West.” The number "520" has been written on the emulsion side of the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the picture. No number is written in the upper left corner.

Carts & wagons
Carriages & coaches
Ice industry
Dubuque (Iowa) -- Pictorial works
William J. Klauer Collection. City at Work Project
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.

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 288-112

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

2000-2001 Couler Avenue, Dubuque, Iowa

The photographers' names are not known, although they each posed in several of the photographs as needed, thus leaving us with self-portraits.

The 1912 Dubuque City Directory lists Frank L. Reinfried, undertaker and embalmer, at 1965 Couler Avenue.

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