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Photograph

Long House, Ripon, Wisconsin

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

Ceresco, Ripon, Wisconsin

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

Ceresco High School

Date: 1910
Description: Caption reads: "Ceresco High School, Ripon, Wis."
Photograph

Mount Calvary College

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

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...
Postcard

Tourist Camp, Lakeside Park, Lake Winnebago

Date: 1934
Description: Tourist camp at Lakeside Park on Lake Winnebago.
Photograph

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 ...
Postcard

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...
Postcard

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 ...
Postcard

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...
Postcard

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...
Postcard

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...
Postcard

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...
Photograph

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 ...
Print

Civil War Regiment

Date: 1862
Description: Birds-eye view of a Wisconsin Civil War regiment on parade in Fond du Lac, as drawn by Louis Kurz from the Marr Street Methodist Church. The regiment canno...
Photograph

Boys Swimming in Mill Pond

Date: 1921
Description: Two young boys swim in a mill pond beside a dilapidated building.
Drawing

Farm House on State Highway 49

Date: 1946
Description: Pencil drawing of a farm house between Ripon and Waupun, on State Highway 49. Left gable has a bell on a post on top of it. Features two doorways in front,...
Photograph

Prison Cemetery

Date: 1955
Description: Cemetery surrounded by trees. There is a fence and field in the distance.
Drawing

American Fur Companies Buildings

Date: 
Description: Lithograph view towards river of the American Fur Companies buildings and fenced enclosures, surrounded by hills and trees.

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