[Unidentified tobacco and cigar store]

[Unidentified tobacco and cigar store]

Photographer unknown

Smoking a cigar and holding another in his hands, a man is standing near a glass display case in a tobacco and cigar store. A male clerk is standing on the other side of the display case. Boxes of cigars, pipes, and other tobacco products are visible in the display case, as well in is other cases along the walls. Pendants for “Northwestern,” “Chicago” and “Yale” are hung over the display cases, and a day calender open to “6” is also hanging from the wall. A clock with Roman numeral numbers on its face, and which reads “3:40” may be seen hanging under the “Yale” pendant. The number “263” has been written on the emulsion side of the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the picture. The number “2” has been written in the upper left corner.

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 212-429

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

Location unknown

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