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A man sits at a desk at the Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works office at 550 3rd Street. The desk is covered with papers and there are several picture calendars on the wall in front of him. A day calendar from the WM Powell Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio…

Four women and five men are at work in the bottling room of the Dubuque Brewing & Malting Company. The women in the foreground are inverting the filled, glass bottles on an angled work surface before placing them in wooden cases, each of which holds…

This image shows three men in the typesetting room of the Dubuque Labor Leader. Two men are dressed in white shirts, vests and ties. One of them is standing at a printing press in the rear of the room and the other is standing at a table where it…

Five men are working on mattresses at the Dubuque Mattress Factory, 63-77 West Main Street. Silhouettes of two other men are visible behind a stack of mattresses at left. The man in the center of the photo, wearing overalls and a dark shirt, is…

Seven men are working on mattresses at the Dubuque Mattress Factory, 63-77 West Main Street. Five mattresses are lined up on individual tables at left and rolls of dense batting and more mattresses are stacked at right. The number “64” has been…

Six men pose in a large workroom at the Dubuque Mattress Factory, 63-77 West Main Street. Metal components for making box springs are scattered about on worktables throughout the room. There is a machine for cutting or bending metal rods at the back…

Four stone carvers are posing at their workstations. Two of the men may be seen carving pieces of stone. In the foreground, one man is holding a small hammer and leaning on a gravestone that he is carving for Melvin Winders. The dates “Feb. 28,…

This view is taken diagonally across the intersection of 4th Street and Levee Front. One of the photographers is standing in the left foreground, and a man wearing a long with apron may be seen standing in a doorway. “Star Brewery” is visible above…

Three young men are working with small bundles on a long work table. A metal grille behind the table divides this space from the rest of the room. Large bundles of newspapers are visible under the table. Another large, empty, work table dominates the…

Ed Lusch sits at a desk behind a cashier’s window and Maurice Brown stands at right in the Iowa Trust and Savings Bank on the first floor of the B & I Building. Maurice Brown also appears in KL 145-052. The number “249” has been written on the…