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According to the Encyclopedia Dubuque, this elementary school, first occupied in 1913, was named after William Hickling Prescott. Located on White Street, the three story building is constructed of brick. A man may be seen walking in front of the…

Walking in pairs, a long line of students may be seen walking along one side of 12th Street. The boys are dressed in white short pants, long white socks and dark sashes, while the girls are dressed in white dresses, white stockings and dark vests. A…

Dressed in a vest, white shirt and dress slacks, a man holding a document stands in a profile view in a small control room. The room appears to overlook work areas at the Dubuque Brewing and Malting Company. A June calendar hangs on one of the glass…

John Kapp, the president of the Dubuque Mattress Factory at 63-77 West Main Street, stands in the doorway of an office and looks out into a workroom. There is a box spring on the floor in front of him and, on the left side of the picture, a Fairbanks…

Edward Hoffmann is using a paddle to push a small boat containing him and possibly Emil Youngblood off into the Mississippi. Albert and Peter B. Hoffmann are in another boat.

A bluff has been stripped for rock.

Men with horses pulling wagons are quarrying stone from a mine in the bluffs.

Men are working to quarry stone from the side of a bluff; they have horses and carts to haul the stones.

A bearded Richard Herrmann and another gentleman, possibly one of his sons, are standing in the rear of a large room filled with long rows of chairs, sofas and tables. The number “113” has been written on the emulsion side of the negative and is…

Seven men sit with two dogs and their guns. Their catch is on the ground in front of them; 11 rabbits and 1 bird. None of the men appear to be Hoffmanns, although the back identifies one as Harry Ahrendt.