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This image looks south on 2nd Street in Dubuque, Iowa. The tallest building is the Hotel Julien, on the corner of Main and 2nd Streets. Three adjacent store fronts are also visible. Awnings for two of the businesses read “Fosselman’s Drug…

John David Irmscher, his wife Clara, and small child are shown standing in front of a frame, two story home. The 1911 Dubuque City Directory indicates that Mr. Irmscher was a bookkeeper. The number 1333 is written on a label that has been stuck to…

Built in 1886, a large brick building in Richardson Romanesque style, with four chimneys and several cupolas, dominates this image. The photographer has identified the building as the Illinois Central Depot. A covered platform is visible between the…

This image shows a large, three story, white frame building. There is a porch across the front of the structure. An ornate lightning rod visible on the peaked roof. The building faces an unpaved street. Two automobiles may be seen parked in front of…

This stream and tree-covered bank are identified by the photographer as the Maquoketa River. A large log may be seen resting on a boulder in the middle of the stream.

This image shows the front of a large, two story, white, frame home. A small porch covers the front door. Mature trees surround the property. A wire fence with wood fence posts runs along the edge of the property.

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…