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Dozens of white tents cap the top of a tree-covered bluff. It is likely an army encampment, based upon other identified photos in the collection.

Two men stand on the slope of a hill with their backs to the camera, looking over the open valley beneath them. The view includes a stream bed, houses and buildings, a road, and trees.

A man, who looks to be Peter B. Hoffmann Sr., is standing and waving at the very top of a bluff in the distance, so small as to be barely visible.

One man is sitting and the other standing on a rock outcropping at the top of a hill, looking down over a valley. Other bluffs surround it, and in the bottom of the valley is a stream bed, road, and a few homesteads. The men, although shown from the…

A stone bluff hangs over a valley, and appears to have its middle section beginning to collapse. The same bluff has appeared in several other photos, recognizable thanks to its distinctive shape.

A stone bluff hangs over a valley, and appears to have its middle section beginning to collapse. The same bluff has appeared in several other photos, recognizable thanks to its distinctive shape.

Emil Youngblood, Edward Hoffmann and Peter B. Hoffmann Sr. are posed in the photo - Emil sitting on the top of a higher bluff further back, with Edward standing closer and slightly above Peter B., who is on the ground. They are looking out and to the…

Emil Youngblood and Edward Hoffmann are seated on a rock outcropping over a valley, their legs dangling and backs turned to the camera. They are looking over a valley with a creek running through it.

Two men are on a dock on the river with the city in the background while a ferry has just launched. The scene is identified as the ice harbor, with the East Dubuque ferry launching.