[Casket show room of undertaker Fredrick Egelhof]

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Title

[Casket show room of undertaker Fredrick Egelhof]

Creator

Photographer unknown

Description

One dark, and two light colored caskets are displayed. Ornate wall paper and dark wood paneling cover the walls. The number “229” has been written on the emulsion side of the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the picture. The number “3” has been written in the upper left corner.

Subject

Morgues & Mortuaries
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 201-087

Publisher

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

Coverage

1034 Main Street, Dubuque, Iowa

References

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

Citation

Photographer unknown, “[Casket show room of undertaker Fredrick Egelhof],” Loras College Digital Collections, accessed November 22, 2024, https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5383.