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Martin K. Dahl Family and Home

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Description: The Martin K. Dahl family is in the yard of their brick Victorian home, which is surrounded by an iron fence. The house has iron work on porch tops and on ...
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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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Victorian Mansion in Waupun

Date: 1879
Description: Victorian mansion at 123 S. Madison Street, built in 1870 and owned in 1875 by Samuel Chamberlain. It's mansard roof and iron trim help make the house an ...
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M.K. Dahl House

Date: 1876
Description: Group of people in front of iron fence with wagon and carriage; large brick mansardic house in background has large bay window on upper and lower stories, ...
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Galloway House Museum Carriage House

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Description: View of the exterior of the carriage house in the spring or summer, with miscellaneous tools and other items littered throughout the yard. A wooden stairwa...
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Colonel Elihu Phillips Home

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior of Colonel Elihu Phillips home, built in 1854.
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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,...
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Fond du Lac Service Station Detail (Art Deco)

Date: 2008
Description: The simple, abstract, geometric ornament was easily and inexpensively cast in concrete block faces.
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Waupun Public Library

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Description: Exterior view of the Waupun Public Library. The library opened in 1905. Reverse of cardboard backing reads: "$12,000." Above the main entrance it reads: "W...
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Waupun Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Waupun Public Library. The library opened in 1905. In the foreground is a large librarian's desk, with ink wells, and a card box. Behi...
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Waupun Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Waupun Public Library. The library opened in 1905. The side of a large librarian's desk is in the foreground. There are bookshelves on...
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Church Windows

Date: 05 04 1963
Description: A detail of the glass facade of Faith Lutheran Church.
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Chapel, Ripon College

Date: 1851
Description: View across lawn toward the chapel at Ripon College. The roof has a central bell tower and a smaller, secondary tower to the right.
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Ripon College

Date: 1851
Description: View across lawn toward the chapel at Ripon College. The bottom half of the structure is made of brick and has tall, stained-glass windows. Above this is a...
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Chapel, Ripon College

Date: 1851
Description: View across lawn toward the chapel at Ripon College. The bottom half of the structure is made of brick and has tall, stained-glass windows. Above this is a...
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Lane Library, Ripon College

Date: 1930
Description: A view of the library's facade and side. This building follows the Neoclassical style popular in the early twentieth century, and it is an iconic style for...
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Bartlett Hall, Ripon College

Date: 1867
Description: View across lawn toward the facade of Bartlett Hall at Ripon College, partially obscured by trees. Brick is the primary building material used, although la...
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Bartlett Hall, Ripon College

Date: 1867
Description: View across lawn toward the entrance and side of Bartlett Hall at Ripon College, partially obscured by trees. Decorative stone, wood, and brickwork all orn...

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