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South Main Street

Date: 1895
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 ...
Map or Atlas

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Date: 1896
Description: Bird's-eye map of Fond du Lac, looking north west, with two insets of the P.H. Stamm residence, and the Proposed Lakeside Park. thirty-five locations ident...
Photograph

Wisconsin State Prison Exterior

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

Wisconsin State Prison Walls

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

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.
Photograph

Wisconsin State Prison Cell Blocks

Date: 1893
Description: Interior of the cell blocks in the Wisconsin State Prison.
Photograph

Flour and Grist Mill

Date: 1896
Description: Flour and grist mill built on Green Lake Prairie and later moved to Alto. It stood about 50 feet tall and 24 feet wide.
Photograph

Fond du Lac Courthouse

Date: 1890
Description: Stereograph view of a large crowd of people on a construction site. There is a horse and carriage with the Fond du Lac Machine & Iron Works in the backgrou...
Photograph

Mount Calvary College

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

Store and Saloon

Date: 1890
Description: Exterior view from across road of men gathered outside a store and saloon. Most of the men hold a glass of beer as though toasting. Two teams of horses are...
Photograph

Waupun State Prison Band

Date: 1898
Description: String band consisting of seven inmates at Waupun State Prison. Three seated men hold guitars, three others hold violins and one standing man holds a cello...
Map or Atlas

Waupun Wisconsin

Date: 1898
Description: This is a map of Waupun in 1898 that shows labeled streets, railroads, and the location of the state prison. There are annotations on the map in what appea...

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