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A man dressed in a suit, white shirt, tie and bowler hat is standing in a north-facing profile view on the railroad bridge across the Mississippi River. The bridge officially opened on New Year's Day, 1869 at a cost of over one million dollars. It…

A large bible open to Chapter 12 in the book of Romans is depicted on this float. The text read in part “I beseech you therefore brethren…Be not overcome of evil but overcome evil with good.” A sign that reads “THE OPEN BIBLE” has been attached to…

Operating room at Mercy Hospital, Dubuque, Iowa. Seated is Dr. Mathias J. Moes. Standing are Dr. John B. Heles and Dr. William L. Becker. Also present are another man, a female nurse and a female aide. All are in street clothes covered by white…

Seated in his desk chair and holding a document, Oscar Becker is turned toward the camera. A June calendar hangs on the wall behind him. A painting in an ornate frame of a factory with smoke coming out of a smokestack and faint lettering “Dubuque …”…

A woman sits at a small desk in the outer room, while Otto F. Lange sits at his desk in the inner office of the Royal Union Mutual Life Insurance Company in room 316 of the B & I building. The woman’s small desk is equipped with a typewriter,…

An outcropping of rocks and boulders sits on a grassy hill. There is a man with his hands on hos hips and two young boys behind him. One is standing behind his left shoulder and the other is sitting on the rock. There are a few trees and other…

A paddle wheel steamboat is driving away from the photographer and creating waves. The stern of the boat has a large paddle that is propelling the steamboat forward. Above the paddle wheel is a sign that reads, "Eclipse, Le Claire Port, Rock Island."…

A ladder has been placed against a wall and the steeple of the German (Grace) Methodist Episcopal Church at 1681 Iowa Street in Dubuque, Iowa. A man is holding the bottom of the ladder. Another man has climbed to the top of the ladder, and is…

White army tents are dotted alongside a road that leads to a town in the background. Smoke rises across the photograph. It is marked U.S. Official and has the Signal Corps logo, 44089.

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This image shows a large group of men and women walking down a slight incline and away from the photographer.