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Wisconsin State Prison

Date: 1920
Description: Caption reads: "Front Yard Wis State Prison." Landscaped yard with plants in urns on the lawn near a path in the foreground.
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Wisconsin State Prison

Date: 1920
Description: Caption reads: "Front Yard Wis State Prison Waupun Wis."
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Tall-tale Postcard: Rabbits

Date: 1910
Description: Two hunters stand around a pile of giant rabbits that they have killed in a Wisconsin forest. It is winter; there is snow on the ground. One of the hunters...
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Tall-tale Postcard: String Beans

Date: 1910
Description: Two girls stand in front of a large pile of giant string beans. Red text in the upper portion of the image reads, "How we do things at Ihlen, Minn."
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Tall-tale Postcard: Just Plums

Date: 1911
Description: Two boys haul four giant plums using a small wagon pulled by two white goats. One boy is holding the reins. The boys are wearing jackets and caps. The back...
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Fletcher's Park

Date: 1900
Description: View from center field of baseball game being played in Fletcher's Park. A group of spectators are sitting under a covered grandstand on the right. Caption...
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Waupun State Prison

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Description: An exterior view of the Waupun State Prison. Caption reads: "State Prison, Waupun, Wis."
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4th Liberty Loan Parade

Date: 09 29 1918
Description: A group of women wearing white nurses' uniforms are marching up a street in a parade. Some are carrying American flags, others are carrying signs and banne...
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4th Liberty Loan Parade

Date: 09 28 1918
Description: View towards a group of women marching up a street in a parade. Some are wearing nurse's uniforms, some are waving flags, and many are holding signs that r...
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4th Liberty Loan Parade

Date: 09 28 1918
Description: A group of women are marching up a street in a parade. Some are carrying signs, and one woman is carrying an American flag. The signs include: "WOMAN'S COM...
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4th Liberty Loan Parade

Date: 09 28 1918
Description: View down street towards women marching in a parade, some carrying signs and some carrying American flags. A number of women are wearing nurse's uniforms. ...
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Front Gate, Wis. State Prison

Date: 1915
Description: Slightly elevated view of the front gate at the Wisconsin State Prison, taken from inside the prison grounds. In the foreground is the walkway to the gate ...
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House in Waupun

Date: 05 26 1908
Description: A two story house with ornate decorations on the bay window and cornice. Vines growing on ropes shade the porch, and this is mentioned in the message on th...
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Trinity Episcopal Church

Date: 1917
Description: Text on front reads: "Episcopal Church, Waupun, Wis." Trinity Episcopal Church was built in 1871, of boards and batten, in the Gothic Revival style. It has...
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Masonic Block

Date: 1922
Description: Text on front reads: "Masonic Block, Waupun, Wis." Built of brick in 1922 in the Neoclassical style. The Masonic Lodge is above with commercial space below...
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Entrance to Prison

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Entrance to Prison, Waupun, Wis." Main entrance of the Waupun State Prison, built in 1854. Beyond the prison gates is the tower of th...
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Wisconsin State Prison

Date: 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "Wisconsin State Prison, Waupun, Wis." Gothic Revival buildings at the prison, built in 1854 of limestone, with a lawn and trees. The ...
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Wisconsin State Prison

Date: 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "Wisconsin State Prison, Waupun, Wis." Gothic Revival buildings at the prison, built in 1854 of limestone, with ornate towers. A lawn,...
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Waupun Correctional Institution

Date: 1983
Description: Text on front reads: "Waupun Correctional Institution." On reverse: "Waupun Correctional Institution. Located two blocks from Main Street on Madison Street...
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Waupun Public Library

Date: 02 01 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Waupun Public Library, Waupun, Wis." A woman is posing on the sidewalk in front of the library, which was built in 1904 of cut stone ...

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