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This image was probably taken from a boat anchored in the Mississippi River just to the south of the Eagle Point Bridge. A portion of the steel bridge is visible. A pavilion in Eagle Point Park is visible on the top of the bluff. A shed has been…

A rocky bluff, known locally as Eagle Point, is visible in this image. The number 1286-1 is written on a label that has been stuck to the lower left corner of the slide.

Two spans and the wooden trestle of the eastern approach of the steel Eagle Point Bridge are visible. The number 1286 is written on a label that has been stuck to the lower left corner of the slide.

This images appears to be identical to image LO 174. The photographer’s notes indicate that this image was of attendees at the Sunday School Convention Eastern District May 24-27, 1915. The number 2710 is written on a label that has been stuck to the…

This view of a winter landscape was taken from the front yard of the Methodist Episcopal church. The view is toward the east across snow covered fields. The Catholic church located on Main Street in Sherrill is visible in the distance.

The six oldest members of the Asbury Ladies' Aid Society are seated in front of some bushes. A younger woman and a young girl are seated on the grass in front of the women. The number 1297 is written on a label that has been stuck to the lower left…

Elementary school age children and their teachers are walking along the parade route. All the children are wearing light colored clothing and sashes.

According to the Encyclopedia Dubuque, this building, home to Lodge #297 of the Elks, was constructed in 1914-1915, and demolished in 1975. The main entrance, framed by six white columns, faced 7th street and Washington Park. A smaller entrance faced…

The Victorian mansion on the right in this image was the Emerson Mansion, site of Wartburg Seminary’s return to Dubuque in 1889. Fritschel Hall is on the left. Loehe Chapel and the Wartburg Tower, modeled after the famous Wartburg Tower in Eisenach,…

Two young men, dressed in long sleeved shirts, caps and heavy coveralls, are seated on rocks beside a hole in the ground. Their legs are dangling in the cave entrance. Based on the photographer’s notes for LO 253, the man on the left is probably…