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Arndt and Doty Street Intersection

Date: 1900
Description: Corner of Arndt and Doty streets, showing one of the early electric street cars in Wisconsin. The tower, the bottom of which shows in the picture, was one ...
Postcard

Anderson's Store

Date: 1908
Description: Anderson's store, with a horse and carriage in front. Caption reads: "Anderson's Store Ephraim, Wis."
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Bishop Grafton's Residence

Date: 1905
Description: View across road towards two women standing on the sidewalk in front of Bishop Grafton's residence. Caption reads: "Bishop Grafton's Residence, Fond du Lac...
Postcard

Grafton Hall

Date: 1908
Description: Caption reads: "Grafton Hall, as seen from the campus, Fond du Lac, Wis."
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Entrance to Grafton Hall

Date: 1905
Description: Caption reads: "Grafton Hall, Fond du Lac, Wis."
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Grafton Hall

Date: 1905
Description: Grafton Hall front entrance with a street running in front. A bicycle leans against the building near the entrance.
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Fond du Lac Public Library

Date: 1900
Description: Drawing of the exterior of the Fond du Lac Public Library. Van Ryn and Degelleke architects. Caption reads: "Public Library, Fond du Lac, Wis."
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Fond du Lac Public Library

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior of the Fond du Lac Public Library, with people standing on the front steps to the building. Caption reads: "Public Library, Fond du Lac, Wis."
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St. Mary's Spring Sanitarium

Date: 1905
Description: View of St. Mary's Spring Sanitarium, a rest resort with hot springs. In the 1920's, the sanitarium is listed in directories as St. Mary's Spring Academy f...
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St. Paul's Cathedral

Date: 1900
Description: View of St. Paul's Cathedral. Caption reads: "St. Paul's Catherdal, Fond du Lac".
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Wisconsin State Prison

Date: 1905
Description: Caption reads: "Front Yard Wisconsin State Prison Waupun."
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Methodist Church

Date: 1907
Description: Front view of a Methodist church.
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Lutheran Church and Parsonage

Date: 1908
Description: Exterior view of a Lutheran church and parsonage. Caption reads: "Luth. Church & Parsonage, Rosendale Wis."
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Ripon College

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of Smith Hall at Ripon College. Caption reads: "Smith Hall, Ripon College, Ripon, Wis."
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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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Ingraham Hall, Ripon College

Date: 1900
Description: View across lawn toward the neoclassical-style facade of Ingraham Hall at Ripon College. The building is made of brick with a stone foundation. A column fl...
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Gymnasium, Ripon College

Date: 1900
Description: Angled view of the front and right side of the gymnasium at Ripon College, with a brick facade . The carving in the stone balcony above the entrance reads:...
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Business District Scene

Date: 1900
Description: View down street toward storefronts on either side of a dirt road in the business district. Automobiles are parked on both sides of the street, and two aut...
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Residential Street Scene

Date: 1900
Description: View across intersection toward houses on both sides of a tree-lined street. A woman is walking down the sidewalk on the left side of the street, and anoth...
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Post Office

Date: 1900
Description: View across street toward the facade and right side of the post office. The main entrance, set to the left, is framed with a neoclassical surround. There a...

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