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Palmer House

Date: 1916
Description: Exterior view fro street towards the Palmer House. Caption reads: "Palmer House, Fond du Lac, Wis."
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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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Hotel Retlaw

Date: 
Description: Exterior of the Hotel Retlaw, with cars on the street and pedestrians on the sidewalks. Caption reads: "Hotel Retlaw, Fond du Lac, Wis."
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Tourist Camp, Lakeside Park, Lake Winnebago

Date: 1934
Description: Tourist camp at Lakeside Park on Lake Winnebago.
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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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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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Salty's Seafood & Spirits — Exterior

Date: 01 15 1999
Description: "The Wilz family of Appleton join us at noon, at Salty's in Fond du Lac. Salty's Seafood & Spirits is at 503 N. Park Avenue in F.D.L."
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Rolling Meadows — Exterior

Date: 04 16 1999
Description: "Rolling Meadows Family Restaurant is at 947 S. Rolling Meadows Drive, just off Hwy 151 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin."
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KFC — Exterior

Date: 11 24 2000
Description: "On this Friday we are at Kentucky Fried Chicken in Fond du Lac, WI."
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R Chalet Restaurant Coffee Haus — Exterior

Date: 05 02 2003
Description: "R Chalet Restaurant Coffee Haus is located at 84 N. Main St. in Fond du Lac. The famous Petrie's Bavarian Inn was formerly at this site."
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North Fond du Lac Family Restaurant — Exterior

Date: 03 03 2006
Description: "The North Fond du Lac Family Restaurant is at 726 Wisconsin Avenue in North Fond du Lac."
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Boda's Restaurant — Exterior

Date: 06 12 2009
Description: "Boda's Restauant is located at 277 South Pioneer Road, Fond du Lac."
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Sanitary Refrigerator Company Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of the Sanitary Refrigerator Company of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, manufacturers of wood and steel refrigerators, with an elevated three-quarter vi...
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Winnebago Dairy Farm

Date: 10 18 1939
Description: Postcard submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. On the front of the postcard is the slogan: You can 'whip' our cream but you can't...
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Winning Ticket

Date: 08 1993
Description: "$110,000,000 Jackpot."
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Wedding Reception at the Hotel Retlaw

Date: 11 24 1955
Description: Grace and Dave Schommer enter the Hotel Retlaw for their wedding reception.
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Children Posing with New Car

Date: 1909
Description: Children of William A. Titus posed at the family model T Ford automobile, the first such car purchased in Fond du Lac County.
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Bill Casper and Green Bay Packers Shanty

Date: 1998
Description: Bill Casper, of Fond du Lac, preparing to transport his iconic Green Bay Packers ice shanty to the 1998 Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall ...
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First and Main Streets, Looking North

Date: 1916
Description: View down middle of street towards the intersection of First and Main Streets. Automobiles, wagons and bicycles are on the street, and street lamps are alo...
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Main Street Looking North

Date: 
Description: View of Main Street with automobiles in the street and parked along the curbs. Caption reads: "Main Street Looking North, Fond du Lac, Wis."

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