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Two sets of railroad tracks running long the river converge at a small house or station right on the water, with the bluffs across one of the tracks.

A railroad track curves along the left bank of the Mississippi. The Julien Dubuque monument is visible on a bluff, and on the one beyond it there is Mount Carmel.

A man and two boys stand on the railroad tracks in a yard wit ha water tower, buildings, and train cars behind them. It is identified as the Dubuque Water Co.

Railroad tracks run down the left side of the card through what looks like a rail depot. There are various buildings scattered to the right.

Seven men sit with two dogs and their guns. Their catch is on the ground in front of them; 11 rabbits and 1 bird. None of the men appear to be Hoffmanns, although the back identifies one as Harry Ahrendt.

A bearded Richard Herrmann and another gentleman, possibly one of his sons, are standing in the rear of a large room filled with long rows of chairs, sofas and tables. The number “113” has been written on the emulsion side of the negative and is…

Men are working to quarry stone from the side of a bluff; they have horses and carts to haul the stones.

Men with horses pulling wagons are quarrying stone from a mine in the bluffs.

A bluff has been stripped for rock.

Edward Hoffmann is using a paddle to push a small boat containing him and possibly Emil Youngblood off into the Mississippi. Albert and Peter B. Hoffmann are in another boat.