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Wisconsin State Prison Exterior

Date: 1893
Description: Exterior view of the Wisconsin State Prison.
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Wisconsin State Prison Walls

Date: 1893
Description: Exterior view of the Wisconsin State Prison from outside the prison's walls.
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Wisconsin State Prison Buildings and Grounds

Date: 1893
Description: Elevated exterior view of buildings and grounds of the Wisconsin State Prison. Prisoners are line up in formation.
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Stubby Sentinel

Date: 1954
Description: View down road towards the Fond du Lac lighthouse, built in 1933. There are cumulus clouds in the sky, and pine trees are lining the shore.
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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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Salty's Seafood & Spirits — Exterior

Date: 01 15 1999
Description: "The Wilz family of Appleton join us at noon, at Salty's in Fond du Lac. Salty's Seafood & Spirits is at 503 N. Park Avenue in F.D.L."
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Coliseum Sports Bar and Grill — Exterior

Date: 12 22 2006
Description: "We visit the Coliseum Sports Bar and Grill, at 91 South Main Street in Fond du Lac, on a very rainy day."
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Dayz Gone By

Date: 02 29 2008
Description: "On Leap Year Day we visit Dayz Gone By. At 210 North Main Street, in Oakfield."
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Coaches Corner Touchdown Clubv — Exterior

Date: 01 29 2010
Description: "Coaches Conder Touch Down Club, 121 N Pioneer Road, Fond du Lac. This was formerly Callahan's Grill and Bar and later Cactus Jacks. From left to right, Jo...
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New Fane

Date: 1932
Description: Looking west along County Trunk Highway SS (now CTH DD) from the hill east of the New Fane School. The brick school, with its bell tower and widow's walk, ...
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House in Winter

Date: 1932
Description: A one and one-half story house stands in a snowy landscape. A woman is walking toward the back door, hiding her face with a hand. The house was the childho...
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Digging Out Train Tracks

Date: 02 15 1936
Description: Slightly elevated winter scene with men shoveling out a Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul train about 3.5 miles north of Ripon. The locomotive is in the backg...
Postcard

First Baptist Church

Date: 
Description: View toward the front of the church. The background has been replaced with a blue sky and clouds. Caption reads: "First Baptist Church, Fond du Lac, Wis."
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Moonlight Sailing on Lake Winnebago

Date: 1930
Description: View of sailboats on Lake Winnebago in the moonlight. Caption reads: "Moonlight Sailing on Lake Winnebago, Fond du Lac, Wis."
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Signal Oak

Date: 1982
Description: A tall bur oak at the corner of Ransom and West Thorne Streets dwarfs adjacent houses and their garages. The tree is bare and there is snow on the ground. ...
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Exterior of Schulz Garage

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Description: View of the exterior of the Schulz Garage, with two blocks of windows, and a large garage door. Snow is on the ground, and an automobile is parked near the...
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Lake Side Park

Date: 09 1964
Description: View across water towards two men standing on a stone bridge, in the early morning fog in September. The bridge is spanning one of the canals. Another man ...
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Kettle Moraine State Park

Date: 1950
Description: View looking down hill towards people walking through trees in deep snow towards a picnic area below at Kettle Moraine State park.
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North Primary School

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "North Primary School." A two-story clapboard schoolhouse with a basement has students gathered on the steps to the entrance. The scho...

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