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Portrait of the Gilbert Family

Date: 1915
Description: Mr. Gilbert's family standing in front of a farmhouse. The man on the left is holding what appears to be a cornstalk. Three other men, two women, and a dog...
Photograph

Birthplace of the Republican Party

Date: 08 08 1960
Description: Republican candidates for state office started a week-long campaign at the Little White Schoolhouse in Ripon, the birthplace of the GOP in 1854. Standing o...
Photograph

GOP Campaign Starts in Ripon at the Little White Schoolhouse

Date: 08 08 1960
Description: Philip Kuehn, left, Republican candidate for governor, chats in Ripon with Harry Dunbar, who will be 92 years old by the time he votes this fall. Dunbar, a...
Photograph

Kuehn for Governor Campaign

Date: 08 08 1960
Description: Secretary of State Robert Zimmerman spoke at the brief program at the Little White Schoolhouse (also known as the Birthplace of the Republican Party) while...
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GOP Campaign at the Little White Schoolhouse

Date: 08 08 1960
Description: A Republican campaign starts at the Little White Schoolhouse, also known as the Birthplace of the Republican Party. Philip Kuehn, Republican candidate for ...
Photograph

GOP Campaign at the Little White Schoolhouse

Date: 08 08 1960
Description: Ivan Kindschi, Dane County dairy farmer and candidate for state treasurer, speaks from the steps of the Little White Schoolhouse as the GOP candidates begi...
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GOP Campaign at the Little White Schoolhouse

Date: 08 08 1960
Description: Former Lt. Governor Warren Knowles, candidate for lieutenant governor, speaks from the steps of the Little White Schoolhouse, also known the the Birthplace...
Photograph

Digging Out Train Tracks

Date: 02 15 1936
Description: Slightly elevated winter scene with men shoveling out a Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul train about 3.5 miles north of Ripon. The locomotive is in the backg...
Map or Atlas

Tentative Official Map (Street Development Plan) for the City of Ripon, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

Date: 1961
Description: This map shows platted and proposed streets, streets to be widened, proposed pedestrian paths, lot and block numbers, city wards, public buildings, and par...
Photograph

Sid Boyum in Ripon

Date: 
Description: View across lawn towards Sid Boyum sitting on the steps of the meeting house where the Republican Party held its first meeting in Ripon.
Map or Atlas

Ceresco : A True Copy of the Recorded Plot

Date: 1994
Description: This cadastral map shows Mill Pond, buildings, some landowners, cemetery, and out-lots. The upper right corner includes a statement about Ceresco.
Photograph

Signal Oak

Date: 1982
Description: A tall bur oak at the corner of Ransom and West Thorne Streets dwarfs adjacent houses and their garages. The tree is bare and there is snow on the ground. ...
Photograph

Speed Queen Building

Date: 07 1936
Description: View across street towards automobiles parked in front of a two-story brick office building with a long, one story factory wing. There is a water tower beh...
Photograph

Mrs. Meade with Electronic Kitchen Devices

Date: 1929
Description: A woman is standing at a sink in a kitchen; next to it is a dishwasher. Behind her is a cooking range. Caption on rear of photograph reads: "Mrs. Chas. Mea...
Photograph

Storefronts and Boardwalk

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of an unpaved main street with storefronts and horse-drawn vehicles hitched along the boardwalk. Many stores have signs and awnings, includin...
Photograph

Unidentified Woman

Date: 1884
Description: Portrait of a woman posing in a studio, leaning on what appears to be a framed picture on a decorated easel.
Photograph

Governor Lucey at Birthplace of Republican Party

Date: 
Description: Wisconsin Governor Patrick J. Lucey standing with another man at the doorway of the Birthplace of the Republican Party in Ripon, Wisconsin.
Postcard

Bird's-eye View

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Bird's-eye View of Ripon, Wis." View from a tall building over the Public Square with buildings and dwellings of the town spreading o...
Postcard

The Dam

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "The Dam, Ripon, Wis." Water spills over the Ripon Dam, on Silver Creek, with the Ripon Pond in the background. Dwellings and a buildi...
Postcard

Public Square

Date: 07 25 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Public Square." View from a tall building over the Public Square with buildings and dwellings of the town spreading out to the horizo...

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