Welcome to The Lens of History’s  virtual museum.  The Archives page is an archive of historical artifacts and primary reference materials related to the Tri-States and made available online to historians, writers, researchers and the curious to help aid in the understanding of the life and times of those who came before so we can better understand our own times and the potential of our future.  For those seeking more information on an item in one of the collections, please contact us by going to the Contact page and submitting a message.  The collection is broken into the following eight categories:

LJTP 100.006 – Major General Francis J. Herron

Photographs & Images

LJTP 200.003 – U.S. Rep. W.B. Allison to Adj. Gen. N.B. Baker

Letters & Documents

LJTP 300.001 – Dubuque Daily Times – Feb 14 1863

Newspapers & Periodicals

LJTP 700.001 – Busch Zouaves Water Pitcher

Misc. Artifacts

LJTP 400.004 – Dunleith & Dubuque Bridge Co.

 

Stocks, Bonds & Currency

LJTP 800.001 – Henry Dodge and Geo W Jones

 

Autographs & Signatures

LJTP 600.001 – Souvenir of Dubuque Iowa by A. Simplot

Books

LJTP 500.006 – Sidney Hall – United States – 1828

Maps

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