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Two men and one woman are standing between tables in the dining room of an unidentified boarding house. The tables are set with white table clothes. Eating utensils and white, overturned china plates are visible on the tables. Six place settings can…

Numerous displays of glass and china dishes, vases, and crockery bowls are visible in this crowded show room. A large, four-tiered display of tall vases and urns dominates the foreground of this photo. Light colored boxes may be seen stacked on…

Dr. Meshinger is standing in his office. He is wearing a white lab coat over his white shirt. His name may be seen painted on the glass of one of the windows at the rear of the room. A dental chair has been placed at the rear of the room, close to…

Dr. John B. Murray, Jr., works on a patient in his dental office in room 205 of the B & I Building. There are two dental chairs facing a large set of windows at the back of the small office. The patient sits in the chair at right and faces the window…

Dr. Martha A. McCullough, MD, is seated at a large roll-top desk reading a large book. A telephone, books and papers are visible on the desk. Medical supplies and filled glass bottles are stored in a glass-enclosed shelving unit. A small table with…

Dressed in a long-sleeved, dark colored blouse and long, dark skirt, Dr. Killeen is seated at a cluttered roll-top desk, reading a letter. The wall beside the desk is covered with numerous photographs. Many of these are of women. A weekly calendar,…

Wicker chairs, vases of fresh flowers and numerous photographs on the walls of this two room suite, suggest that these rooms are part of a suite used by Dr. Mary Killeen, physician and surgeon. An ornate wire screen is visible in a window opening…

A female supervisor or teacher and six young women are posing in a cramped workroom. The women are wearing dresses of various styles, however all of the dresses have either jewel or high necklines, long skirts and either three-quarter or long…

A large office with three men and five women at the Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works at 550 3rd Street. There are three June, 1912 wall calendars on the wall at right, and a day calendar that appears to be open to June 11th. The number “190” has been…

Five workmen pose in a shop at the Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works at 550 3rd Street. A boiler tank is in the foreground at left and three large sheets of metal with holes drilled for rivets are on the floor at right. Three hoists hang from beams and…