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Sid Boyum in Ripon

Date: 
Description: View across lawn towards Sid Boyum sitting on the steps of the meeting house where the Republican Party held its first meeting in Ripon.
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Signal Oak

Date: 1982
Description: A tall bur oak at the corner of Ransom and West Thorne Streets dwarfs adjacent houses and their garages. The tree is bare and there is snow on the ground. ...
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Speed Queen Building

Date: 07 1936
Description: View across street towards automobiles parked in front of a two-story brick office building with a long, one story factory wing. There is a water tower beh...
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Storefronts and Boardwalk

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Description: Elevated view of an unpaved main street with storefronts and horse-drawn vehicles hitched along the boardwalk. Many stores have signs and awnings, includin...
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Governor Lucey at Birthplace of Republican Party

Date: 
Description: Wisconsin Governor Patrick J. Lucey standing with another man at the doorway of the Birthplace of the Republican Party in Ripon, Wisconsin.
Postcard

Bird's-eye View

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Bird's-eye View of Ripon, Wis." View from a tall building over the Public Square with buildings and dwellings of the town spreading o...
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The Dam

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "The Dam, Ripon, Wis." Water spills over the Ripon Dam, on Silver Creek, with the Ripon Pond in the background. Dwellings and a buildi...
Postcard

Public Square

Date: 07 25 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Public Square." View from a tall building over the Public Square with buildings and dwellings of the town spreading out to the horizo...
Postcard

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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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

City Hall

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "City Hall, Ripon, Wis." View across public square towards a brick building with ornate exterior decorations and a bell tower with a b...
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

Burning of the Ripon Opera House

Date: 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "Burning of the Ripon Opera House, Ripon Wis." A dramatic scene at night, with flames consuming an Opera House which is silhouetted ag...
Postcard

Ripon City Hall and Airplane

Date: 1910
Description: Tall Tale postcard of the City Hall with an airplane added on the right. Text reads: "Ripon, Wis." The City Hall is a brick building with ornate exterior d...
Postcard

Birthplace of the Republican Party

Date: 1938
Description: Text at foot reads: "Birthplace of the Republican Party, Ripon, Wis." Handwritten at foot of image: "First Meeting Held Here-March 20th, 1854. Ripon, Wis."...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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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