[Dubuque Monument Company]

[Dubuque Monument Company]

Photographer unknown

Four stone carvers are posing at their workstations. Two of the men may be seen carving pieces of stone. In the foreground, one man is holding a small hammer and leaning on a gravestone that he is carving for Melvin Winders. The dates “Feb. 28, 1898” and “Aug. 30, 1911” have been carved into the stone. Various sized chisels and a pair of glasses are lying on the edge of the stone. The second stone carver is holding a mallet and standing behind a smaller piece of stone. In the background of the image, the other two men are also holding tools. One of these men is sharpening a chisel on a belt-driven grinder. Various mallets, hammers and other hand tools hang on the walls. Also visible is a calendar advertising “Jaeger and Lenehan” insurance. Through a window can be seen a sign for “Matz & Brown Tailors.” A shelf on which are various metal and wooden boxes and a small oil can is also visible behind one of the men. At the end of the shelf is a small card with the name “Alex Gratz” printed on it. There is a spittoon on the floor. Pieces of leather hides are hanging on the rear wall of the workshop. A stove is located towards the front of the room. The stovepipe is suspended from the ceiling, and vents to the outside, between two of the windows. The number "66" 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.

Stone carvers
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
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 032-088

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

8th and Iowa Streets, Dubuque, Iowa

Alex Gratz is listed in the 1912 Dubuque City Directory as living at 151 Arlington Street in Dubuque. His occupation is described as “State Organizer, W.O.W.”

“Matz & Brown Tailors” is listed in the same directory as “A.E. Matz and J. F. Brown, merchant tailors 729 Main.”

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