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A towboat is pushing a long barge down a river, likely the Mississippi. There is a train bridge in the lower right corner.

The card shows a bluff rising above the river, and at its base are several buildings and a barge on the water. A cloud of smoke or steam rises toward the left of the photo, but is not easily identifiable.

Three barges, two two-story and a single one-story, are docked along the river.

Two men, dressed in short sleeve white shirts, pants, aprons and caps, may be seen standing on opposite sides of a large, flour-covered, wooded table. A mound of flour is visible on the table in front of one of the men. A mixing machine has been…

Five soldiers are loading a cannon. Two others stand to the right, watching, while another stands on guard to the left. There is a pile of ammunition behind the men. The photo is marked as U.S. Official and has the U.S.A. Signal Corps logo,…

A women is posing behind a display case and counter in this photograph of the narrow interior of a beauty shop. Several rows of hair combs and barrettes are visible in the display case. Two other display cases are partially visible behind the…

Billy Canfield sits at a roll-top desk in his basement office in the B & I Building. Two Pipes run through the office just below the ceiling. A large May, 1912 calendar leans against the wall on top of the roll top desk while a second calendar, open…

A birch tree with peeling bark is near the bank of the river.

One of the Bistram brothers may be seen standing behind a long wooden bar. A display case full of open cigar boxes has been placed at the end of the bar at the foreground of the photograph. Two telephones may be seen on the top of the display case.…

A quarry is cut into the bluffs. There is one man standing at its entrance, under the pulley machinery system.