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Billy Canfield sits at a roll-top desk in his basement office in the B & I Building. Two Pipes run through the office just below the ceiling. A large May, 1912 calendar leans against the wall on top of the roll top desk while a second calendar, open…

One of the Bistram brothers may be seen standing behind a long wooden bar. A display case full of open cigar boxes has been placed at the end of the bar at the foreground of the photograph. Two telephones may be seen on the top of the display case.…

Four large boilers are visible along one side of a narrow room at the Dubuque Brewing and Malting Company. Three men are standing near the boilers. One man in the foreground of the photograph is holding a coal shovel. A coal-receiving door on the…

Three bakers pose in the basement workroom of Boldt’s Incorporated at 872 Main Street. A June, 1912 calendar hangs on the wall at right. The number “106” has been written on the emulsion side of the negative and is visible in the upper right…

A woman at left stands behind a display case and a second woman stands behind the counter at right in Boldt’s Incorporated, 872 Main Street. Pastries and cakes are set out in and on top of the glass display cases. Loaves of bread are stacked in a…

Three boys and four men work in a bottling room at the Dubuque Star Brewing Co. at 4th Street and Levee Front. No number has been written on the emulsion side of the negative in the upper right corner of the picture. The number “2” has been…

Five women and three men are posing at their workstations in a large bottling room at the Dubuque Brewing and Malting Company. Dark colored glass bottles in various stages of the bottling process are visible. No number has been written on the…

Seven men may be seen looking at various pieces of machinery, or at the photographer. This image may have been taken inside the Key City Paper Box Factory, located at 470 Garfield Avenue in Dubuque, Iowa. The number “311” has…

Two butchers stand behind a long counter at right. At left, a woman leans against a countertop in a cashier’s booth at Buehler Brothers Meat Market, 920 Main Street. Sausages and cuts of meat hang from hooks and are set out on display on the…

Four men may be seen seated or standing among stacks of different sized wooden boxes in this interior view of the Buttell Brothers Company warehouse. Additional stacks and rows of boxes are visible to the side and rear of the men. A hand saw has been…