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The Town Clock Tower is visible on the roof of the three-story building. Two men are standing on the roof and leaning on the base of the Clock Tower. There is an ornate marble baluster on each side of the base of the Clock Tower. Additional marble,…

Two men are standing on either side of a small machine. The machine has a flat, slightly tilted work surface. Rollers with screening wound around them are above the work surface. Flexible rods and wires are visible on a work table behind the men.…

A man, dressed in a dark suit with a flower in his jacket lapel, is seated at a large desk. Papers litter the desktop. A framed photograph of a woman is on the top of the desk. Other photographs, diplomas and certificates are attached to the wall…

Dressed in a dark suit, a grey haired man with a mustache is seated at a roll-top desk, holding a paper. Other papers and envelopes are on the desk. A telephone, books, a clock and an electric desk lamp are on the top of the desk. Also on top of the…

Four women are seated at a long work table in a warehouse room. One is holding a bag under a small funnel at the base of a large machine. On the side of the machine, above the woman’s head, is a scale enclosed in a metal box with a glass window. …

Four men are working on the upper floor of a warehouse building of the McFadden Coffee & Spice Company. One man appears to be servicing a large machine. Behind this man are three hoppers full of spices, or perhaps different kinds of tea or coffee.…

One man is pushing a flatbed cart on top of which are two large, square packages labeled “Hawkeye No. 2 Choice Uncolored Japan Tea McFadden Coffee and Spice Co., Dubuque, Iowa" Behind and next to the man are similar packages labeled “Hawkeye No. 4…

Five women and two men are working in a large room. Three of the women are standing at a long work table. Filled bags of coffee are visible on the table. Next to these bags, one woman is filling paper bags at a machine and placing them on the table…

Four workmen and a male supervisor are standing around two flatbed carts loaded with large, filled burlap bags. The words "Sugar," "100 Lbs. Net," and “California” are visible on one of the bags. To the side and behind the men are tall stacks of…

In the office area of a larger room, a man, dressed in a suit, wearing a light colored straw hat and holding a cigar in one hand and a pencil in the other, is seated next to a desk. A male employee of the establishment appears to be writing on a…