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| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "North Primary School." A two-story clapboard schoolhouse with a basement has students gathered on the steps to the entrance. The scho... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Longfellow School, Ripon, Wis." However, this is actually the North Primary School. A two-story clapboard schoolhouse with a basement... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Ceresco High School, Ripon, Wis." A two-story schoolhouse with basement windows along the foundation, and attic space. The school ha... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "City Hall, Ripon, Wis." View across public square towards a brick building with ornate exterior decorations and a bell tower with a b... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Tall Tale postcard of the City Hall with an airplane added on the right. Text reads: "Ripon, Wis." The City Hall is a brick building with ornate exterior d... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Text at foot reads: "Birthplace of the Republican Party, Ripon, Wis." Handwritten at foot of image: "First Meeting Held Here-March 20th, 1854. Ripon, Wis."... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Engelbright Hotel, Ripon, Wis." The Hotel stands on an unpaved street with a sidewalk in front. A horse and buggy are on the right. T... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Public Library, Ripon, Wis." A one-story brick and stone building with a basement level surrounded by sidewalks. A women is walking a... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on the reverse reads: "The Famous Little White School House, at Ripon, Wisconsin. Birthplace of the Republican Party in 1854." Surrounded by dwellings... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Stately Republican House Restaurant...at Ripon, Wisconsin, where in 1954, the Republican Party was Born in the 'little White School... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Home of the Fourierites, Ripon, Wis. Established May 27, 1844 by followers of Charles Fourier in Ceresco Valley, now a part of Ripon.... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Lutheran Church, Ripon, Wis." Front view of a brick church with an arched entrance, steps and a steeple with a clock. A sidewalk runs... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "High School, Ripon, Wis." A two-story white brick or stone schoolhouse with basement windows along the foundation, and attic space. T... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "First Congregational Church. Ripon, Wis." The church was built in 1865 of limestone. It has a tall steeple with a bell and a clock an... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Ripon High School, Ripon, Wis." A two-story, red brick building, with a group of students and teachers posing on the lawn. The school... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "St. Wenceslaus Church and School, Ripon, Wis. Congregation organized by Rev. W. Kruzke, March 7, 1896, Frame Church dedicated Dec. 15... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "M.E. Church, Ripon, Wis." A group of 5 men and a boy are standing on the road in front of a clapboard church. Two more men can be see... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Grace Lutheran Church, S.W. Fuchs, Pastor." A brick Gothic Revival church with arched windows and a tall steeple. It was built in 188... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Office Ripon College, Ripon Wis." A college building built of stone in 1851 with a steeple and cupola. The building functioned as an ... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Commons, Ripon College. Ripon, Wis." A sidewalk runs past several college buildings shaded by trees. |
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