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Two men are seated in an underground passage in a cave. One man appears to be sitting on a ledge, with the other seated below him. Many stalactites of various lengths may be seen hanging from the roof of the cave. The number 2202 is written on a…

A young Albert J. Hoffmann sits on the sidewalk next to a buildings. The ground next to the sidewalk is all dirt with a few weeds along the sides of the sidewalk. There is a small broom and barrel next to the sidewalk, sitting on the dirt. There is…

A young girl, slightly past toddler age, is seated on the corner of a table. She is smiling, dressed in a white gown and with ribbon in her hair. The back identifies her as Ahrendt - another possible picture of Ethel.

Two men stand, pressing partially finished clothing, at a table on sawhorses in the foreground, while a man and 3 women sit at tables and sewing machines in the back of a workroom in Fred Doerrmann’s tailor shop. Both sewing machines appear to be…

Three men are posing near a large engine in the engine room of the Dubuque Brewing and Malting Company. Large turbine blades are visible behind the man in the foreground of the photograph. No number has been written on the emulsion side of the…

One man is at the bluff quarry's entrance, going into the small shed beneath the pulley system.

Nine men are seen posing around completed millwork items. Stacked on several carts are doors, drawers, columns and molding pieces. Prominent in the image are the large beams supporting the warehouse ceiling. An ascending stairway, electric wiring and…

Wooden steps built in the 1870's ascend a steep bluff up to the John Rider Wallis home and Madison Park. A portion of this bluff has been stabilized with a stone wall constructed of native limestone. Power poles, electrical lines and several houses…

A hill covered in leafless trees sits on the right side of the photograph. Below the hill is two train tracks that run along the Mississippi River. In the background is a bluff that is not fully covered in trees. There are a few small islands, some…

The photograph features an open area in the foreground with a few weeds growing. In the middle is a few clumps of trees, and in the background is a heavily wooded area.