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A round, jolly St. Nicholas with a red nose is giving a Christmas Greeting to a woman in a striped dress. The woman is holding a jostler stick.

The center of the photograph features a steam locomotive that is coming through a tunnel in a rocky hill in East Dubuque, IL. There is a large, white cloud of steam rising above the front engine. There is a small road to the left of the train and…

Men and women gather around the ruins of the Hotel Julien. Writing on the photo says that "60-75 lives saved by Clarks Rope Fire Escape, at this fire."

Done in color, the ruins of the mill sit at the base of a hill by the water.

A highly decorated Jesus statue is in the center of the card, covered in jewels and gold with a crown topped by a cross. "S. Bambino of Aracoeli - Rome" is printed at the bottom.

A newspaper clipping from the Loras College student newspaper, the Lorian, regarding the March 5, 1959 blizzard in Dubuque, Iowa. The clipping displays an image of the exterior of a campus building in the snow.

“The beginning of Sacred Heart Parish is well described in the history of the Archdiocesan schools, “With Faith and Vision.” The authors wrote, “After nearly fifty years of getting to church by fording, by ferrying, and at last by crossing the…

History of the Sacred Heart church and parish in Cox Creek, Iowa.

"Seven pastors have served Dubuque’s Sacred Heart Parish during its 110 year history. Father Fredrick William Pape was the first. Many young families had settled in the northern part of the city in the 1870s and industry developed in that area. As…

"Foreseeing the need for a much larger church, Father Kortenkamp worked with his assistant, Father Joseph Brinkmann, to plan and construct the present Gothic style church with twin spires towering over 200 feet, until recent years the largest church…