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A railway line raised on an embankment is to the left side of the card, while there is another, lower one running along the left with a building beyond. A tall electrical pole stands next to the lines.

A long building with a full-length porch runs across the back of the card. In front of it is a courtyard with fountains, plants in stone pots, and a man sitting on a bench to the right.

People stand around the ruins of the Hotel Julien, which burned on April 8, 1913. The back of the photo says that 60-75 lives were saved by the Clarke Rope fire escape.

A young woman stands behind the counter of a cigar stand in the lobby of the Hotel Julien, at the corner of 2nd and Main Streets. Cigars are on display in a case beneath the glass-covered counter and in a cabinet built around a cash register at the…

A building with only a partial frontal four-story facade still standing has been destroyed by fire. Men and women in dark clothing stand around it, and there is a horse in the lower right corner.

A bartender, dressed in a long-sleeved white shirt, tie and a white apron tied around his waist, is leaning back on a long, wooden counter. In front of him is a bar. Two spittoons are visible on the floor in front of the bar. On one wall to the…

A large float pulled by two horses and followed by a long procession of men and women dressed in their Sunday best, is moving along a brick street. Cloth streamers have been draped across the frame of the float, which is being driven by a man. A…

A horse and buggy waits outside of one of the houses along a snowy street, likely in Dubuque.

Numerous, modest sized homes are visible in this image. The largest home is visible on the highest location on the bluff. A street car may be seen in the center of the image. The number 1290 is written on a label that has been stuck to the lower left…

The shot is a close-up of the bottom of the hollow tree that in other pictures has the Hoffmanns and Youngblood climbing in it.