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A large piece of road paving equipment dominates this image. The machine is resting on a graded road foundation. A scoop partially filled with gravel extends from the front of the machine. A man holding a shovel may be seen standing near the scoop.

Numerous stalactites of various sizes may be seen hanging from the roof of a cave. The photographer’s notes indicate that the cave is located “near Dubuque.” A partially visible number is written on a label that has been stuck to the lower left…

Dr. John Mesinger is pictured standing behind the bar in this interior photograph of the saloon in the Moose Hall. A glass display case full of open cigar boxes is visible at the end of the bar. Numerous bottles of alcohol are arranged on shelves…

Gathered around a small bar are ten men, holding glasses and mugs of beer. Most are also holding lit cigars. Holding a cigar, a single bartender is standing behind the bar. A cash register, with a sale of twenty five cents is on a counter behind the…

A woman and a little girl are seated on stools in front of a curved wooden counter in this interior view of the Schneider & Kleih Sausage shop. The woman is dressed in a long, light-colored coat with a dark collar. The little girl is dressed in a…

Four workmen and a male supervisor are standing around two flatbed carts loaded with large, filled burlap bags. The words "Sugar," "100 Lbs. Net," and “California” are visible on one of the bags. To the side and behind the men are tall stacks of…

Insurance agent Scott A. Cairy sits with a with a woman and a girl in the Guaranty Life Insurance Company office, room 324 of the B & I Building. The door to the office is open and painted on the glass in the door is: “The Guaranty Life Insurance…

A woman (also seen in KL 140-255) and two men work in a large Standard Oil Company office, rooms 201-202 in the B & I Building. Photo KL 140-255 pictures the first part of this office. A June, 1912 calendar hangs on the back wall. The number…

A man and woman sit at a desk in an unidentified office in the B & I Building. The woman is writing in a stenographers’ notebook and the man is holding a pencil and is looking at a paper. The shade of a large window behind them is pulled shut. A…

A male patient is seated in a reclining dental chair near a window. The dentist and a female assistant are standing on either side of the patient. A dental drill, on the end of a cable and pulley, hangs from the ceiling. A retractable electric light…