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Ceresco, Ripon, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of "Long House," one of the buildings in the experimental communal colony of the Fourierites.
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Long House Dorm, Ripon, Wisconsin

Date: 1903
Description: Long House Dormitory at Ceresco, the Fourierite community, used as a "Poor" house in the 1930's.
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Long House, Ripon, Wisconsin

Date: 1914
Description: The "Long House," Ceresco.
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Long House, Ripon, Wisconsin

Date: 1930
Description: The Long House, Ceresco.
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Long House, Ripon, Wisconsin

Date: 1930
Description: The rear of the Long House, with wash drying on a line.
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Ceresco, Ripon, Wisconsin

Date: 1865
Description: Elevated view of Ceresco taken from Seward's hill.
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Ceresco High School

Date: 1910
Description: Caption reads: "Ceresco High School, Ripon, Wis."
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Mount Calvary College

Date: 1893
Description: View down tree-lined road, with Mount Calvary College on a hill in the distance.
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St. Lawrence College

Date: 1910
Description: Caption reads: "St. Lawrence College, Mt. Calvary, Wis." Locations are marked for the church, monastery, college building, St. Joseph's Hall, and St. Thoma...
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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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High School

Date: 1916
Description: Exterior view of the high school. Caption reads: "High School, Oakfield, Wis."
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Riding a Pig

Date: 1916
Description: Two girls wearing white dresses ride a pig, sitting back-to-back. One girl holds the pig's tail and the other holds its ears. A boy pokes the pig's haunch ...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Man Riding Sheep

Date: 1916
Description: An older man is riding a sheep on a dirt road. He has a small barrel, some sausage links, and a loaf of bread. The object in his right hand appears to be a...
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Tall-tale Postcard: The Buck Fever

Date: 1910
Description: Two men are hunting with rifles in the Wisconsin woods. It is winter; there is snow on the ground. Instead of shooting a deer, one hunter shoots a giant ...
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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: A Good Bag

Date: 1910
Description: Two hunters, rifles in hand, transport the giant rabbits they have killed homeward. They have tied the rabbits to a wooden pole, which they rested between...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Some Style

Date: 1913
Description: Two men are pulling a giant fish over a wooden fence. They are on the shore of a lake. On the ground beside the men rests a pile of several other giant fis...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Out for Air

Date: 1923
Description: Two police officers holding rifles escort two prisoners into a paddywagon. Lining the road is a long, perspective view of an outdoor prison. Red text impri...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Kickers without Frogs

Date: 1913
Description: Photographic mock-up for an Alfred Stanley Johnson photomontage postcard entitled "Kickers." A boy wearing waders and holding a rifle stands with his arms ...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Kickers with Frogs

Date: 1913
Description: Photomontage of a group of giant frogs next to a pond. One of the frogs is kicking a boy's arms, causing them to fly upwards. A dog is sitting by the feet ...

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