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A bluff has been stripped for rock.

A quarry is cut into the bluffs. There is one man standing at its entrance, under the pulley machinery system.

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 small gazebo/watchtower-like structure is building underneath a tree overlooking a small valley.

The print is divided into an upper and lower photograph. The upper shows a man standing on the track in a rail yard with the city in the background. The other shows a man sitting on a hill looking at stacks of lumber with the courthouse and city in…

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.

Taken from the street, the photo shows an elaborate house hidden behind trees. It is identified as the intersection of 16th and Court Streets.

Several men, women, and children are standing close and watching as a building burns.

Two girls and other men stand on the street in front of a gutted building. There are stacks of lumber and all around. The sign in the surviving building says "H Sussmann, Bakery, Open Monday." According to the 1913 City Directory, the Henry Sussmann…