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| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | The Opera House at the corner of Washington (now Main) and North Mill Streets. A sign at the back of the building reads: "Printing." A barber pole is in fr... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of various businesses located on north Main Street, including A. Levitt Clothing Store, The Idea, and two drugstores. Caption reads: "Main Street, Nor... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Corner of Arndt and Doty streets, showing one of the early electric street cars in Wisconsin. The tower, the bottom of which shows in the picture, was one ... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Fond du Lac, "drawn after nature," with a parade of soldiers marching down the street. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | The stone and iron gateway entrance to St. Mary's Springs Academy. Caption reads: "Entrance to St. Mary's Springs Academy Fond du Lac, Wis." |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | District school No. 5 in Alto (or Metomen). |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Congregational church and surrounding buildings. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of town, including a church and multiple surrounding buildings. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Church, several houses and field from a hill. |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Colonel Phillip's residence. Built before the Civil War, it was situated "under the ledge" between the farms of Governor Tallmadge and Gov... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Anderson's store, with a horse and carriage in front. Caption reads: "Anderson's Store Ephraim, Wis." |
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| Description: | Waterwheel for generating electric power, with men sitting on the log support. It may be the largest in the nation. The waterwheel was built in 1924 by a c... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The Bijou Theater with a horse and carriage parked in front of it. There is a law office above the theater and a jeweler's store beside it. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across road towards two women standing on the sidewalk in front of Bishop Grafton's residence. Caption reads: "Bishop Grafton's Residence, Fond du Lac... |
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