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An overturned boat in the Mississippi, presumably a riverboat/steamboat due to the paddle wheel, is sitting on the surface of the water. To the left of the overturned steamboat is another boat, with the name "Gypssy" on the stern. There are five…

The Mississippi River is in view with a steamboat in the background on the right side of the photograph. The steamboat has to large steam pipes in the front of the steamboat and in front of the pilot house that sits on the roof of the second level of…

A steamboat is on the Mississippi River, which is very smooth and calm. On the bank behind the boat, is a tall hill with trees. At the top of the hill, right above the steamboat, in a clearing, sits a set of houses or buildings. The steamboat has two…

Edward Hoffmann is sitting a rocking chair on a front porch with a newspaper in his hands, and is looking down at it. The image is printed on the left half side of the entire sheet and the outline of the image is wavy. On the back of the photograph…

12-13 individuals are seen standing on the bank of the Mississippi River. The man closest to the photographer, is standing on a branch that is in the river. He is also holding something in his hands and is facing the river. These branch are covering…

Edward Hoffmann and Emil Youngblood are in a cave. They are both holding and looking down at a rock. Emil is holding the rock with both of his hands and Edward is holding is with his right hand. The two men are standing, sitting, or squatting, in an…

Anna Schumacher (Emily Hoffmann's mother and the photographer's grandmother), on the left, and Mrs. Nickols, (Albert D. Hoffman's grandmother and the photographer's great grandmother), on the right, are standing and facing the photographer. Anna is…

Three men, from left to right, Edward Hoffmann, Emil Youngblood, and Albert D. Hoffmann are sitting in a boat along the bank of a creek or backwater of the Mississippi River. Thee men are fishing and each are holding a rod with a line in the water…

Three men are standing on ice that is on top of the Mississippi River. The water is standing right next to the men. Each are holding ice cutting tools and wearing coats and hats. Behind the men, on the opposite side of the river is a bluff covered in…

A photograph from Jackson Park in Dubuque, IA. A man is standing on the edge of a sidewalk that goes through Jackson Park and extends backwards and curves in the background. The man is wearing a coat and hat with his hands in his pockets. There is…