Browse Items (3180 total)
Sort by:
[On a railroad bridge crossing the Mississippi River]
A man dressed in a suit, white shirt, tie and bowler hat is standing in a north-facing profile view on the railroad bridge across the Mississippi River. The bridge officially opened on New Year's Day, 1869 at a cost of over one million dollars. It…
[Open bible float in a 1926 Union Sunday School parade in Dubuque, Iowa]
A large bible open to Chapter 12 in the book of Romans is depicted on this float. The text read in part “I beseech you therefore brethren…Be not overcome of evil but overcome evil with good.” A sign that reads “THE OPEN BIBLE” has been…
[Operating room at Mercy Hospital]
Operating room at Mercy Hospital, Dubuque, Iowa. Seated is Dr. Mathias J. Moes. Standing are Dr. John B. Heles and Dr. William L. Becker. Also present are another man, a female nurse and a female aide. All are in street clothes covered by white…
[Oscar Becker sitting in his office at the Dubuque Brewing and Malting Company]
Seated in his desk chair and holding a document, Oscar Becker is turned toward the camera. A June calendar hangs on the wall behind him. A painting in an ornate frame of a factory with smoke coming out of a smokestack and faint lettering “Dubuque…
[Otto F. Lange's office in the Bank & Insurance Building]
A woman sits at a small desk in the outer room, while Otto F. Lange sits at his desk in the inner office of the Royal Union Mutual Life Insurance Company in room 316 of the B & I building. The woman’s small desk is equipped with a typewriter,…
[Painting the steeple of the German (Grace) Methodist Episcopal Church, Dubuque, Iowa]
A ladder has been placed against a wall and the steeple of the German (Grace) Methodist Episcopal Church at 1681 Iowa Street in Dubuque, Iowa. A man is holding the bottom of the ladder. Another man has climbed to the top of the ladder, and is…
[Parade participants walking away from the photographer during a 1932 Union Sunday School parade in Dubuque, Iowa]
This image shows a large group of men and women walking down a slight incline and away from the photographer.
[Partially submerged Illinois Central engine and tender car]
Two men, dressed in bowler hats and suits, are looking at where high water from the Mississippi river has covered one of the double rail road track along the Dubuque water front. A large steam engine and its tender car have tipped over into the water…
[Partially visible motorized float in a 1926 Union Sunday School parade in Dubuque, Iowa]
A large, motorized vehicle with an open bed is partially visible in this image. Several children are riding in the bed. A partially visible sign reads “...EED MY SHEEP.”
[Peter H. McCarthy in his office at the Standard Lumber Company]
Peter H. McCarthy, manager, sits in his office at the Standard Lumber Company, 602 7th Street. There is an open roll-top desk behind him with a “Rockwell’s Rival Cabinet Letter File” on top of it. There is a telephone attached to an accordion…