[Dubuque Mattress Factory workroom with seven men]

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Title

[Dubuque Mattress Factory workroom with seven men]

Creator

Photographer unknown

Description

Seven men are working on mattresses at the Dubuque Mattress Factory, 63-77 West Main Street. Five mattresses are lined up on individual tables at left and rolls of dense batting and more mattresses are stacked at right. The number “64” has been written on the emulsion side of the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the picture. The number “1” has been written in the upper left corner.

Subject

Mattress industry
Dubuque (Iowa) -- Pictorial works
William J. Klauer Collection
Gelatin silver prints
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 gelatin silver print 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 059-407

Publisher

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

Coverage

63-77 West Main Street, Dubuque, Iowa

References

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

Citation

Photographer unknown, “[Dubuque Mattress Factory workroom with seven men],” Loras College Digital Collections, accessed June 1, 2024, http://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5254.