[Unidentified wig and toupee makers shop]

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Title

[Unidentified wig and toupee makers shop]

Creator

Photographer unknown

Description

Three women, two men and one dog are looking at the camera in this interior view of a wig makers shop. The women are seated at desks. A woman in the left foreground of the photograph is holding a long length of dark colored hair. Additional piles of hair are visible on her desk, as well as on the desk of a woman seated on the right side of the small room. A coal stove is partially visible in the right foreground. One man, dressed in shirt, tie and slacks, is leaning on a table in the rear of the space. Another man is seated on a stool next to him. A collie dog is sitting in front of the seated man. The number “235” 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.

Subject

Hairpieces
Dubuque (Iowa) -- Pictorial works
William J. Klauer Collection
Glass negatives
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 glass plate negative 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 211-148

Publisher

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

Coverage

Location unknown

Citation

Photographer unknown, “[Unidentified wig and toupee makers shop],” Loras College Digital Collections, accessed November 22, 2024, https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5393.