[Model Wallpaper & Paint Company]

[Model Wallpaper & Paint Company]

Photographer unknown

One of the itinerant photographers poses, looking at a can of paint, with a second unidentified man in the foreground. A third man stands, along with a woman, in the background at right, and a fourth man stands in a raised office at the back of the store. Wallpaper and paint products are on display. These advertisements can be read: “’61’ Floor Varnish Sold here with other Pratt & Lambert Varnishes (test it with a hammer),” “Pratt & Lambert’s Celebrated Star Brand Varnishes—Factories in New York, Buffalo, Chicago, London, Paris, Hamburg.” “Closing Out Window Shades,” “Wall Paper, All Grades, Latest Styles,” "Noxall Fast Color Paints are Guaranteed,” and “Vitralite the long life White Enamel—Will not turn yellow, Will not crack—for interior and exterior use.” The Model Wallpaper & Paint Company was located at 950 Main Street. The number “117” has been written on the emulsion side of the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the picture. The number “3” is written in the upper left corner.

Wallpaper industry
Paint industry
Paint store
Dubuque (Iowa) -- Pictorial works
William J. Klauer Collection
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.

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William J. Klauer Collection

Still image

1912-05/06

KL 082-145

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

950 Main Street, Dubuque, Iowa

According to the Encyclopedia Dubuque (www.encyclopediadubuque.org), the company slogan was "House of Quality Since 1899."