[Chris E. Kleis Company soda water plant]

[Chris E. Kleis Company soda water plant]

Photographer unknown

Four men work bottling soda water at Chris E. Kleis Company, 445 9th Street. The number “79” 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.

Carbonated beverages
Dubuque (Iowa) -- Pictorial works
William J. Klauer Collection
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.

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William J. Klauer Collection

Still image

1912-05/06

KL 147-091

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

445 Ninth Street, Dubuque, Iowa

According to both the 1912 and 1913 Dubuque City Directories, Chris E. Kleis Co. was operated by Mrs. Pauline Kleis (widow of Christian E. Kleis), Ida M. Kleis, Laura M. Kleis, William Kleis, Herman Kleis, Lewis E. Kleis, and Harry A. Kleis and the company produced "soda water, ginger ale, mineral waters, etc."

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