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Arndt and Doty Street Intersection

Date: 1900
Description: Corner of Arndt and Doty streets, showing one of the early electric street cars in Wisconsin. The tower, the bottom of which shows in the picture, was one ...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Fond du Lac

Date: 1867
Description: Birds eye drawing of Fond du Lac depicts street names and street layouts, houses, buildings, trees, and the Fond du Lac River. A reference key at the botto...
Photograph

Bijou Theater

Date: 1900
Description: The Bijou Theater with a horse and carriage parked in front of it. There is a law office above the theater and a jeweler's store beside it.
Postcard

Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1920
Description: Division Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Caption reads: "Division Street M. E. Church, Fond du Lac, Wis."
Photograph

Grafton Hall

Date: 1905
Description: Grafton Hall front entrance with a street running in front. A bicycle leans against the building near the entrance.
Photograph

Fond du Lac Courthouse

Date: 1890
Description: Stereograph view of a large crowd of people on a construction site. There is a horse and carriage with the Fond du Lac Machine & Iron Works in the backgrou...
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Stubby Sentinel

Date: 1954
Description: View down road towards the Fond du Lac lighthouse, built in 1933. There are cumulus clouds in the sky, and pine trees are lining the shore.
Postcard

Main Street Fond du Lac with Trolley

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Description: Caption reads: "Main Street, Fond du Lac, Wis." View down street towards a cable car moving on tracks running down the right side of the street.
Postcard

Main Street at Night

Date: 1912
Description: Caption reads: "Main St. at Night, Fond du Lac, Wis." A car is parked along the curb in the foreground with its headlights on. A theater is across the stre...
Postcard

Main Street

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Description: View down Main Street with pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages. Many of the storefronts along the street have awnings. Caption reads: "Main Street, Fond ...
Postcard

Main Street Looking South from Forest Avenue

Date: 1910
Description: Caption reads: "Fond du Lac, wis Main street looking South from Forest Ave." Horse-drawn carriages and wagons are on the street, as a well as pedestrians o...
Postcard

Public Library, Fond du Lac, Wis.

Date: 1948
Description: Exterior view from street towards the Fond du Lac Public Library. Caption reads: "Public Libarry, Fond Du Lac, Wis."
Postcard

Fond du Lac Public Library

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior of the Fond du Lac Public Library, with people standing on the front steps to the building. Caption reads: "Public Library, Fond du Lac, Wis."
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McDonald Residence from Park Avenue and 2nd Street

Date: 1920
Description: Home of John McDonald, Park Avenue and Second Street. General U.S. Grant was a guest at this home at one time.
Postcard

St. Paul Cathedral and Grafton Hall

Date: 1910
Description: View over bridge towards St. Paul Cathedral and Grafton Hall. Caption reads: "St Paul Cathedral and Grafton Hall, Fond du Lac, Wis."
Postcard

Downtown Fond du Lac

Date: 1908
Description: Street scene in Fond du Lac featuring many pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages, shops, and other buildings. Caption reads: "Fond du Lac Up To Date". An imag...
Postcard

Young Men's Christian Association Building

Date: 1905
Description: Front view of the Y.M.C.A. building, with an alley on the right. Caption reads: "Y.M.C.A. Bldg, Fond du Lac, Wis."
Photograph

Fond du Lac Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Built in the mid-1930s by Clark Oil Company, this station was located along the city's gasoline alley with other gas stations, auto dealerships, and servic...
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Fond du Lac Service Station Detail (Art Deco)

Date: 2008
Description: The simple, abstract, geometric ornament was easily and inexpensively cast in concrete block faces.
Photograph

Petrie's Bavarian Inn

Date: 09 18 1998
Description: "Kay Widmer-Hren and her daughter Carly, join us at Petrie's Bavarian Inn in Fond du Lac, WI." From left to right; Ralph "Buddy" Ruecker, John Bodden, Shir...

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