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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.

Three people stand with a horse and buggy at the base of a hill. One man, unidentified, stands next to the horse. The couple - Albert Hoffmann and Emily - stand slightly off to the right.

Albert, Emily, Edward, toddler Albert J., Emil Youngblood and Peter B. Sr. are sitting at the base of a cliff, stripping plants of their berries. Young Albert is reaching into the full basket.