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Women Sewing for Civil Works Administration Project

Date: 1934
Description: A group of Fond du Lac women sews clothes for a Civil Works Administration project in 1934. The CWA was an emergency program that lasted from November 1933...
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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 ...
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Progressive Convention

Date: 05 19 1934
Description: Crowd of delegates and guests at the Progressive Convention in the armory, held to launch a new Progressive Party.
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Phil La Follette at Progressive Convention

Date: 05 19 1934
Description: Former Governor Philip F. La Follette, the younger son of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., calling the roll on the proposal to form a new political party at the...
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William Evjue at Progressive Convention

Date: 05 19 1934
Description: William T. Evjue, editor of The Capital Times, presiding over the Progressive convention, at which the delegates launched a new political party, the Progre...
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Bandstand

Date: 1930
Description: View of the Bandstand surrounded by a lawn and trees.
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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.
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Methodist Episcopal Church

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

Date: 1962
Description: Children in line to participate in the reconstruction of an old time grocery store, one of the exhibitions located on the second floor of the Galloway hous...
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Grafton Hall

Date: 1908
Description: Caption reads: "Grafton Hall, as seen from the campus, Fond du Lac, Wis."
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Entrance to Grafton Hall

Date: 1905
Description: Caption reads: "Grafton Hall, Fond du Lac, Wis."
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Grafton Hall

Date: 1905
Description: Grafton Hall front entrance with a street running in front. A bicycle leans against the building near the entrance.
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Jefferson School in Fond du Lac

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of Jefferson School. Caption reads: "Jefferson School, Fond Du Lac, Wis."
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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.
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Macy Library

Date: 1940
Description: View of a two-story octagonal structure amongst trees. Caption reads: "Possibly Wisconsin's most unusual bit of 'octagonda' is just outside of Fond du Lac....
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Colonel Elihu Phillips Home

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior of Colonel Elihu Phillips home, built in 1854.
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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...
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Post Office

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior of Post Office. Caption reads: "Post Office, Fond du Lac, Wis."
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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...
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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."

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