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Men with horses pulling wagons are quarrying stone from a mine in the bluffs.

Men are working to quarry stone from the side of a bluff; they have horses and carts to haul the stones.

Seven men sit with two dogs and their guns. Their catch is on the ground in front of them; 11 rabbits and 1 bird. None of the men appear to be Hoffmanns, although the back identifies one as Harry Ahrendt.

Railroad tracks run down the left side of the card through what looks like a rail depot. There are various buildings scattered to the right.

A man and two boys stand on the railroad tracks in a yard wit ha water tower, buildings, and train cars behind them. It is identified as the Dubuque Water Co.

A railroad track curves along the left bank of the Mississippi. The Julien Dubuque monument is visible on a bluff, and on the one beyond it there is Mount Carmel.

Two sets of railroad tracks running long the river converge at a small house or station right on the water, with the bluffs across one of the tracks.

A railroad track curves off the to the left in the distance, where there is a man walking the tracks. There are limestone cliffs covered by vegetation on both sides and electrical poles to the left of the tracks.

A railroad track cuts straight through a stone bluff, which stands to the left while Peter B. Hoffmann Sr. stands on the small remaining chunk to the right.

A railroad that goes through a bluff and winds around. In the background of the photograph is an open area with trees. There is a telegraph pole sitting on the left side of the photograph. There is also a man standing in the background of the…