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A view looking west, of the passenger bridge across the Mississippi. Known as the "High" or "Wagon" bridge, this structure opened in 1887 as the first passenger bridge between Dunleith (East Dubuque) and the Key City. It was torn down when the Julien…

A gravel road winds through the trees to the right of the card, and a wooden and metal bridge extends over an unseen stream to the left.

The photo shows a soldier in uniform from the waist up; he has a mustache and is wearing a helmet. Behind him is a scene of destruction. The photo is marked U.S. Official and has the Signal Corps logo, perhaps with the number 33418.

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A mansion-like house with elaborate scrollwork and a wrought-iron fence is surrounded by piles of snow. The identification is difficult to read, but may say Brown House. It was on Seminary Street - or Heeb Street, in 2019.

Two butchers stand behind a long counter at right. At left, a woman leans against a countertop in a cashier’s booth at Buehler Brothers Meat Market, 920 Main Street. Sausages and cuts of meat hang from hooks and are set out on display on the counter…

Four men may be seen seated or standing among stacks of different sized wooden boxes in this interior view of the Buttell Brothers Company warehouse. Additional stacks and rows of boxes are visible to the side and rear of the men. A hand saw has been…

A buffet/sideboard sits against the wall, in the background. There are two small doors at the bottom that are hidden by the table. Above the doors is a long drawer, and above this is two smaller drawers. There is a ledge above this that has silver…

Two girls and other men stand on the street in front of a gutted building. There are stacks of lumber and all around. The sign in the surviving building says "H Sussmann, Bakery, Open Monday." According to the 1913 City Directory, the Henry Sussmann…

The photographer stands on a dirt road and faces a building. There is another dirt road that goes in front of the building, horizontally. There are steps that lead up to the porch of the building where a group of men sit. To the right is a group of…

The photograph is taken from the front of this building with a staircase in the middle of the photograph that leads up a small hill and to the building. The building is four stories and the second and third floor feature a small porch right above the…