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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 barge with smoke coming from its pipe is pulling along an apparatus, dredging the river. There are wagons waiting on the shore.

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…

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…

A multi-story building dominates this image. The first story is constructed of limestone blocks, while the remaining stories are of brick. A team of horses is pulling a loaded wagon toward the building. Two men, with their backs to the camera, are…