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This image is of a two-room office suite. The rooms are separated by a window and a door. One secretary is seated in the rear room and looking through the window at the camera. In the front room, a businessman is sitting at a table facing the…

This photograph shows four women sewing substantial pieces of heavy fabric on industrial sewing machines equipped with large spools of white thread. Piles of canvas are haphazardly scattered on racks and on the wooden floor of the spartan warehouse…

A gentleman identified as agent Carl Kiesele is seated at a table near a window in a narrow office. On one end of the room is a microphone, switches and other devices for announcing train arrivals and departures. Behind Mr. Kiesele is a wooden…

One dark, and two light colored caskets are displayed. Ornate wall paper and dark wood paneling cover the walls. The number “229” has been written on the emulsion side of the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the picture. The…

A man who has been identified as Harvey Fulton is standing near a display case in the Cave Cigar Company. Two male clerks, one of who is showing Mr. Fulton a box of cigars, are standing behind the display case. Rows of enclosed cigar storage…

This photograph shows the interior of the Central Boarding Stable. A white horse has been hitched to an open wagon. A man and boy are seated in the wagon. The words “F. M. Jaeger, High Explosives” has been painted on the side of the wagon. One…

Charles Schrup sits at a roll-top desk in his office at the Dubuque Fire & Marine Insurance Company, rooms 710 to 715 in the B & I Building. Behind him, there are filing cabinets lined against the wall at left. On the back wall is a large pull-down…

Eight men and one woman are posing at desks and tables in a large, plainly furnished office. The woman appears ready to take dictation. On a table behind the woman is a large, empty, bookbinding press. A telephone and piles of papers and ledgers are…

Four men work bottling soda water at Chris E. Kleis Company, 445 9th Street. The number “79” has been written on the emulsion side of the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the picture. No number is written in the upper left…

This image is of a long, narrow room. Three barbers are standing behind their metal barber’s chairs, each of which is occupied by a man draped in a large, white cloth. Behind the chairs are porcelain sinks and wall-mounted shelves. On top of the…