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Buena Vista House

Date: 1920
Description: View across pond looking towards the Buena Vista house on Lake de Neveu. Caption reads: "The House Buena Vista The de Neveu Farm".
Photograph

Buena Vista House

Date: 1920
Description: View from road towards the gates of the Buena Vista house on Lake de Neveu. Caption reads: "The House Buena Vista The de Neveu Farm".
Photograph

Buena Vista House

Date: 1920
Description: View looking down hill towards the Buena Vista house on Lake de Neveu. Caption reads: "The House Buena Vista The de Neveu Farm".
Photograph

Buena Vista House

Date: 1920
Description: View looking uphill towards the Buena Vista house on Lake de Neveu. Caption reads: "The House Buena Vista The de Neveu Farm".
Postcard

Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1920
Description: Division Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Caption reads: "Division Street M. E. Church, Fond du Lac, Wis."
Photograph

French Trading Post Site

Date: 1920
Description: Site where the first French trading post in Wisconsin was built at the fork of the Fond du Lac River in 1787. The site is located near the city's gas plant...
Photograph

Octagon House

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view from street of the Octagon house, with trees in the yard.
Postcard

Post Office

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior of Post Office. Caption reads: "Post Office, Fond du Lac, Wis."
Photograph

McDonald Residence

Date: 1920
Description: View of a large house of Greek Architecture, with Corinthian pillars or columns. Built by John S. McDonald, and later owned by the McMillan estate. General...
Photograph

McDonald Residence from Park Avenue and 2nd Street

Date: 1920
Description: Home of John McDonald, Park Avenue and Second Street. General U.S. Grant was a guest at this home at one time.
Photograph

Members of the Loyal Temperance League

Date: 05 07 1927
Description: At a convention of the Fond du Lac County chapters of the Loyal Temperance League, some of the children present for a group picture hold up a sign that say...
Photograph

Performing Horses

Date: 1924
Description: Three performing horses stand on platforms in a ring as their trainer gestures proudly in the foreground. Behind the ring are banners decorated with horses...
Historical Essay

Unitarians in Wisconsin

Learn about the advent of Unitarianism in Wisconsin in the mid-19th century.
Historical Essay

Breweries, Beer and Bars in Wisconsin History - Image Gallery Essay

Ever wonder why beer is so popular in Wisconsin? Wisconsin history is full of breweries and beer.
Historical Essay

The Wisconsin Free Library Commission - Image Gallery Essay

Photographs of Public Libraries in Wisconsin
Learn about how the Wisconsin Free Library Commission helped to establish and improve free public libraries in Wisconsin.
Postcard

Railroad Loading Platform

Date: 1924
Description: Railroad loading platform with a Gurney Refrigerator Company plant in the far background. On the far left a man pulls a hand cart, in the center a man sits...
Property Record

14 EVERETT ST

Community: Fond du Lac
County: Fond du Lac
Historic Name: Roy H. Willis House
Reference Number: 155712
Property Record

LAKESIDE PARK, 650 N MAIN

Community: Fond du Lac
County: Fond du Lac
Historic Name: Jack Vomberg Carnival Carousel
Reference Number: 16490
Property Record

13 E DIVISION ST, 1 N MAIN ST

Community: Fond du Lac
County: Fond du Lac
Historic Name: Hotel Retlaw
Reference Number: 16727
Property Record

240 W DIVISION ST

Community: Fond du Lac
County: Fond du Lac
Historic Name: DOW CHEESE COMPANY
Reference Number: 207641

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