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Wisconsin State Prison

Date: 1900
Description: View of the south end of the new dining room in the Wisconsin State Prison. A man is standing next to a long table filled with plants. Large windows are al...
Photograph

Doty House

Date: 1950
Description: A view of the split lath boards, which are hung between wall beams to apply plaster to create the interior wall, inside of the Doty house.
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Ingraham Hall, Ripon College

Date: 1851
Description: View looking uphill toward the back of Ingraham Hall at Ripon College. The primary material used is brick, and the foundation and basement are stone. The b...
Postcard

St. Kilian Catholic Church

Date: 1907
Description: View of a church and neighboring dwellings. A field is in the foreground. Caption reads: "St. Kilian Cath. Church."
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No. 1 Steamer Fire Engine

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Description: Stereograph of a fire station with a belfry at 516 Main Street. The "No. 1 Steamer" fire engine is parked on the boardwalk. Seven men and two dogs are sta...
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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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North Primary School

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Longfellow School, Ripon, Wis." However, this is actually the North Primary School. A two-story clapboard schoolhouse with a basement...
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Ceresco High School

Date: 1912
Description: Text on front reads: "Ceresco High School, Ripon, Wis." A two-story schoolhouse with basement windows along the foundation, and attic space. The school ha...
Postcard

Weigle Photograpy Studio

Date: 08 27 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of a view across a street with a building with signs that read: "Weigle Photographer" and "Ground Floor Gallery". The building is Tud...
Postcard

Ripon Knitting Works

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Ripon Knitting Works, Ripon, Wis." A large, brick, three-story building with windows to the basement in the foundation. It has an arc...
Postcard

Hotel Engelbright and Masonic Temple

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Hotel Engelbright and Masonic Temple, Ripon, Wis." The Hotel and Temple stand together on the right side of an unpaved street. There ...
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Engelbright Hotel

Date: 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Engelbright Hotel, Ripon, Wis." The Hotel stands on an unpaved street with a sidewalk in front. A horse and buggy are on the right. T...
Postcard

Parade Float

Date: 1912
Description: Several people, holding umbrellas, are riding in a car decorated with many tissue paper pom poms for a parade. There are miniature horse models on the hood...
Postcard

Patriotic Crowd

Date: 1914
Description: A crowd of adults and children are standing in a line with American Flags on a brick street. There is a large, three-story brick building on the right. In ...
Postcard

Public Library

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Public Library, Ripon, Wis." A one-story brick and stone building with a basement level surrounded by sidewalks. A women is walking a...
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Republican House Restaurant

Date: 1939
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Stately Republican House Restaurant...at Ripon, Wisconsin, where in 1954, the Republican Party was Born in the 'little White School...
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Home of the Fourierites

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Home of the Fourierites, Ripon, Wis. Established May 27, 1844 by followers of Charles Fourier in Ceresco Valley, now a part of Ripon....
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High School

Date: 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "High School, Ripon, Wis." A two-story white brick or stone schoolhouse with basement windows along the foundation, and attic space. T...
Postcard

Ripon High School

Date: 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Ripon High School, Ripon, Wis." A two-story, red brick building, with a group of students and teachers posing on the lawn. The school...
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St. Wenceslaus Church and School

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "St. Wenceslaus Church and School, Ripon, Wis. Congregation organized by Rev. W. Kruzke, March 7, 1896, Frame Church dedicated Dec. 15...

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