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Birthplace of the Republican Party

Date: 1950
Description: Text on the reverse reads: "The Famous Little White School House, at Ripon, Wisconsin. Birthplace of the Republican Party in 1854." Surrounded by dwellings...
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Republican House Restaurant

Date: 1939
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Stately Republican House Restaurant...at Ripon, Wisconsin, where in 1954, the Republican Party was Born in the 'little White School...
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Home of the Fourierites

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Home of the Fourierites, Ripon, Wis. Established May 27, 1844 by followers of Charles Fourier in Ceresco Valley, now a part of Ripon....
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Lutheran Church

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Lutheran Church, Ripon, Wis." Front view of a brick church with an arched entrance, steps and a steeple with a clock. A sidewalk runs...
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High School

Date: 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "High School, Ripon, Wis." A two-story white brick or stone schoolhouse with basement windows along the foundation, and attic space. T...
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First Congregational Church

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "First Congregational Church. Ripon, Wis." The church was built in 1865 of limestone. It has a tall steeple with a bell and a clock an...
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Ripon High School

Date: 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Ripon High School, Ripon, Wis." A two-story, red brick building, with a group of students and teachers posing on the lawn. The school...
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St. Wenceslaus Church and School

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "St. Wenceslaus Church and School, Ripon, Wis. Congregation organized by Rev. W. Kruzke, March 7, 1896, Frame Church dedicated Dec. 15...
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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "M.E. Church, Ripon, Wis." A group of 5 men and a boy are standing on the road in front of a clapboard church. Two more men can be see...
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Grace Lutheran Church

Date: 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Grace Lutheran Church, S.W. Fuchs, Pastor." A brick Gothic Revival church with arched windows and a tall steeple. It was built in 188...
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Office at Ripon College

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Office Ripon College, Ripon Wis." A college building built of stone in 1851 with a steeple and cupola. The building functioned as an ...
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The Commons, Ripon College

Date: 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "The Commons, Ripon College. Ripon, Wis." A sidewalk runs past several college buildings shaded by trees.
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Jackson Street

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Jackson St., Ripon, Wis." A view down an unpaved street, sidewalks, buildings and dwellings on both sides. Many trees can be seen, mo...
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Cemetery

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Cemetery, Rosendale, Wis." A cemetery inside a chain link fence with mature trees. A sidewalk runs along the unpaved road in the fore...
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Elevator & Soo Line Depot

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Elevator & Soo Line Depot, Van Dyne, Wis." A horse-drawn vehicle is on an unpaved road beside the wooden grain elevator and train dep...
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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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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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