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A metal tank with the words "National Oil Company" in the center. To the left it reads, "High Test Gasoline". The tank is sitting on wooden boards that are resting on wooden a-frames, which are triangular joists connected by a wooden plank at the…

Three tables and a small, wood and glass display case are arranged around the side walls of a small room. Two women, dressed in lacy blouses and long skirts, are standing near the display case. A sign above one of the women reads “Terms strictly…

Three nurses are standing next to metal cribs. Each nurse is holding a baby wrapped in a white blanket. Large pillows are visible in the cribs. One of the babies is awake, and appears to be looking towards the photographer. The nurses are dressed in…

The photographer has identified the structure in this image as a “fair ground building toward Dubuque.” Further research indicates that Nutwood Park was located at the fairgrounds located on Highway 52 North near where the Pepso Cola Bottling plant…

Ella and Katherine O'Donnell owned this hair dressers shop. One of the sisters is leaning against a small table, displaying a hairpiece to a gentleman, possibly one of the photographers, who is seated in a chair facing a mirror. Visible in the rear…

A side view of the bridge over Catfish Creek with a train car leaning away from the photographer. The creek is covered in snow and ice underneath the bridge. The left side of the picture shows the bridge being held up by stones. There are three men…

A metal framed train bridge over a creek stands in the middle of the photograph. On the left leg of the train bridge is a sign that reads "Cat Fish Creek" and on the right leg has a sign that reads "W: 186-5". The bridge has lattice type design that…

A man is seated beside a large desk. A telephone, papers and several stamps are on the desk. Attached to the upper frame of the desk is a day calendar for "MON 10 JUN" advertising “Coates & Robinson Insurance and Surety Bonds Dubuque, Iowa.” Two…

This photograph was taken from an elevated position, and looks down into an office area occupied by two men and two women. On the left side of the office, a woman appears to be consulting documents in a tall cabinet. The other workers are seated at…

A white haired gentleman is seated at a roll top desk in an office cubicle. By looking through vertical bars of partitions around his desk, he has a view of other offices. The number ” 211 has been written on the emulsion side of the negative and is…