[McFadden Coffee and Spice Company]

[McFadden Coffee and Spice Company]

Hoffman, Peter B.

The McFadden Coffee and Spice Company building that was located at 227 Main St. in Dubuque, Iowa in the mid-1910s. The number "227" is visible above the front door of the building. The building is a brick building that is 4-5 stories tall. The front door is two main, wooden doors with a glass window above that has the address of "227" on it. There is an arched stone above the doorway. To the left of the building is either an alley or an open, dirt area. The street in front of the building is a brick road with street car tracks. There is a wooden post in the right side of the photograph with the words, "Look Out for the Cars." Also to the right of the building, in the background is another building for the Dubuque Company Paper Warehouse. To the left of the McFadden building is the Dennis Brothers Company, which dealt with flour, feed, grain, hay, oil meal, molasses feeds and poultry feeds. It was also an agent for Prairie Queen Flour, which is notes at the top of the building. There is a small roofed walkway at the first floor of the building. The right side of the McFadden building is cut off on the corner and angled back instead of a 90 degree angle at the corner. There is a fire escape that runs down the side of the building from the roof/5th floor to the ground level. A majority of the windows on the front of the building are open. There is a small, wooden building to the right of the building that has two windows on either side, an open door facing the road, and a stove pipe coming from the roof. There appears to be wheel in front of the building. There is also a horseshoe with the opening facing downwards, above the door. Among the McFadden Coffee and Spice Company productions were baking powder, coconut, chocolate, coffee, Cream of Tartar, toilet soaps, mustard, whole and ground spices, dry and liquid bluing, hops, pressed and ground sage, cinnamon, pepper, and ground cassia. The products were sold wholesale throughout Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Minnesota and the eastern Dakotas.

Street Scenes: Business

The Center for Dubuque History, Loras College, 1450 Alta Vista Street, Dubuque, Iowa 52001

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Reilly, Sydney

Peter B. Hoffman Photograph Collection

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This record is part of the Peter B. Hoffman Photograph Collection held by The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa.