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The living room is decorated with a Christmas Tree and nativity set. A young man identified as the "Steichen Boy" is seated in a chair.

Four men work bottling soda water at Chris E. Kleis Company, 445 9th Street. The number “79” has been written on the emulsion side of the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the picture. No number is written in the upper left corner.

Primary school age children are seated on a horse drawn float. A woman is visible seated at the rear of the float. A large, flower covered cross draped with streamers has been erected on the float. The number 1360 is written on a label that has been…

A group of children is playing on the snowy street with a building that might be their school and a bluff in the background. The location is identified as 17th and Madison.

Four boys and five girls are posed outside the Franklin School. The original school was built in 1857 as the First Ward School and renamed in December 1889. Today's Franklin School at 39 Bluff Street was constructed in 1906. The building in this…

Three young boys are seen in the foreground of the photograph amongst rows of corn. Two boys on the left are taller and are wearing hats. The third boy on the right is shorter and mostly hidden by the corn. There is a farmhouse behind the field, with…

Eight men and one woman are posing at desks and tables in a large, plainly furnished office. The woman appears ready to take dictation. On a table behind the woman is a large, empty, bookbinding press. A telephone and piles of papers and ledgers are…

Charles Schrup sits at a roll-top desk in his office at the Dubuque Fire & Marine Insurance Company, rooms 710 to 715 in the B & I Building. Behind him, there are filing cabinets lined against the wall at left. On the back wall is a large pull-down…

The rear of Steffens Hall, which housed administration offices, classrooms and laboratories may be seen in this image. The small building just behind Steffens Hall is the chapel. Although the chapel remains today, Steffens Hall was demolished in…

Built of red Wisconsin sandstone, this image shows the Central High School in Dubuque, Iowa. The photographer’s notes indicate that this image was taken in 1914. The number 1317 is written on a label that has been stuck to the lower left corner of…