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Seven men are working on mattresses at the Dubuque Mattress Factory, 63-77 West Main Street. Five mattresses are lined up on individual tables at left and rolls of dense batting and more mattresses are stacked at right. The number “64” has been…

Five men are working on mattresses at the Dubuque Mattress Factory, 63-77 West Main Street. Silhouettes of two other men are visible behind a stack of mattresses at left. The man in the center of the photo, wearing overalls and a dark shirt, is…

Showing an bird's-eye view of Dubuque, the photo is shot from the top of the bluff and looks down with sixth street on the left to the south and east of the city. The Mary of the Angels home is visible, as are A.A. Cooper's Graystone and Redstone,…

This image shows three men in the typesetting room of the Dubuque Labor Leader. Two men are dressed in white shirts, vests and ties. One of them is standing at a printing press in the rear of the room and the other is standing at a table where it…

Constructed in 1898 of brick, grey limestone and molded terra cotta, this building is an example of the Beaux Arts architectural style. A 190 foot tower topped with a partially obscured statue of Lady Justice rises from the roof. Winged figures…

The Dubuque Commercial Club building. Was built in 1903, and demolished in 1964. Facing 9th Street and on the corner of Locust Street. Very ornate building with arched doorway. On 9th Street there is a bicycle parked on the street in front of the…

A multi-story building dominates this image. The first story is constructed of limestone blocks, while the remaining stories are of brick. A team of horses is pulling a loaded wagon toward the building. Two men, with their backs to the camera, are…

Four women and five men are at work in the bottling room of the Dubuque Brewing & Malting Company. The women in the foreground are inverting the filled, glass bottles on an angled work surface before placing them in wooden cases, each of which holds…

A man sits at a desk at the Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works office at 550 3rd Street. The desk is covered with papers and there are several picture calendars on the wall in front of him. A day calendar from the WM Powell Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio…

Five workmen pose in a shop at the Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works at 550 3rd Street. A boiler tank is in the foreground at left and three large sheets of metal with holes drilled for rivets are on the floor at right. Three hoists hang from beams and…