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| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | The Opera House at the corner of Washington (now Main) and North Mill Streets. A sign at the back of the building reads: "Printing." A barber pole is in fr... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Two salesmen stand beside one of the Willson's Monarch Remedies horse-drawn wagons. Willson's sold patent medicines, spices, extracts, flavorings, and "toi... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | View of businesses located on the south end of Main Street including The Hotel Erving, a shoe store, Utter Drug Company, a dentist, Graham Awning Co., and ... |
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| Description: | Waterwheel for generating electric power, with men sitting on the log support. It may be the largest in the nation. The waterwheel was built in 1924 by a c... |
| Date: | 1837 |
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| Description: | Fond du Lac Company House, built in 1836 and operated as an inn by Colwert Pier and his wife. Groups of Indians are in the yard outside the inn, and severa... |
| Date: | 1837 |
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| Description: | Fond du Lac Company House. Groups of Indians are in the yard outside the inn, and several Indian dwellings are erected next to it. A man on horseback with ... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Exterior view fro street towards the Palmer House. Caption reads: "Palmer House, Fond du Lac, Wis." |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Post Office. Caption reads: "Post Office, Fond du Lac, Wis." |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Hotel Retlaw, with cars on the street and pedestrians on the sidewalks. Caption reads: "Hotel Retlaw, Fond du Lac, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Strachota Brothers general store and saloon, including people and horses. Caption reads: "Strachota Bros. Gen Store & Saloon, St. Kili... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | View of the Republican House and Restaurant and surrounding grounds with an inset of the "Little White Schoolhouse" on the lower left side. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Republican House Restaurant with patio tables and umbrellas set up outside. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Front exterior view of the Republican House Restaurant. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | View of the Republican House grounds, with the "Little White Schoolhouse" in the foreground and the Republican House Restaurant behind it. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the post office. Caption reads: "U. S. Post Office, Ripon, Wis." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Main St., Looking North from Blossom St., Ripon, Wis." There is a hotel in the left foreground. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Main St., Looking Toward Hotel Englebright, Ripon, Wis." |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A man and a boy use dollies to haul giant musk melons near a train. In red text on the upper center portion is the inscription, "How we do things at Bald K... |
| Date: | 10 30 1909 |
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| Description: | A group of male laborers load a giant cabbage up a ramp and onto a train car. The side of the train says "Wisconsin and Michigan." A pile of other giant ca... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of a group of travellers in a car colliding with a steamroller. The travellers have been thrown out of their car and into the air. The words... |
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