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Concrete steps with metal handrails may be seen leading from 17th and Madison Streets to the top of a bluff. Four ornate concrete landings each with street lights, have been placed at intervals along the stairway. The steps were completed in 1918.…

A square, five story brick building with a flat roof dominates this image. This structure was built as an expansion project to the existing Y.M.C.A. facilities, and would house the Y.M.C.A. for 55 years. When the Y.M.C.A. moved in the early…

Guido Beck stands, working at a table at left, while a second man stands, working with a triangle and t-square, at another table at right in this office at 815 Main Street. There are books, including one labeled "Farley & Loetscher Co.," stacks of…

A bellboy (who also appears in image number KL 100-036) poses with seven men in a long, narrow pool hall. One man is posed with the bellboy behind the counter at left, three men are standing behind a pool table at center, and three men sit in chairs…

Black smoke is billowing from twin smoke stacks of a large passenger steamboat anchored near the Mississippi River shore. The photographer has identified the vessel as the Sidney. Two figures are visible in the pilot house. Several flag poles and a…

This large, multi-story residence is located on the corner of two streets. Ivy covers two walls of the home. An automobile is parked near the street corner. Additional homes are visible on a bluff behind the residence. The number 1276 is written on a…

Two gentlemen wearing suits, bowler hats and overcoats are standing on a brick walkway next to a railroad siding. One of the gentlemen is carrying two valises. Tracks are visible behind the men. The rear of the car may be seen behind and to the left…

A narrow spine of limestone is visible projecting upward from the top of a low hill. Tree cover the hill. An iron bridge, constructed on limestone abutments and spanning a small stream, may be seen below the rock. The photographer’s notes indicate…

Standing on the viaduct and partially facing the camera, a man may be seen looking down into the canyon. A billboard (text is illegible) is visible across the canyon. Railroad track at the bottom of the canyon are faintly visible.

A village shown across a filed and beyond electrical wires, has been heavily damaged. The photo is marked as U.S. Official and is missing the upper left corner, which has been torn away. It is numbered 33784.

The item is cataloged at the National…