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Birthplace of Republican Party

Date: 1929
Description: 75th anniversary celebration of the birth of the Republican Party at Ripon. Governor Walter J. Kohler, Sr., stands on the podium in front of the Little Whi...
Document

Looking Back in Ripon

Date: 03 24 1983
Description: Newspaper clipping showing the demolishing of the Long House. The man on the right is believed to be M.V. Adkins, son of Chester Adkins, the last survivor ...
Poster

Ralph Nader Lecture

Date: 02 01 1971
Description: Poster advertising a talk by Ralph Nader at Ripon College. Topics addressed: corporate responsibility and consumer protection.
Photograph

Water Street, Looking North

Date: 1917
Description: View down center of the downtown business district, with several people walking on the sidewalk past storefronts. Automobiles are parked at an angle along ...
Photograph

Business District Scene

Date: 1915
Description: Two cars are parked in front of The First National Bank and a man walks down the sidewalk in front of the building. The bank is designed in an Art Deco sty...
Photograph

Residential Street Scene

Date: 1900
Description: View across intersection toward houses on both sides of a tree-lined street. A woman is walking down the sidewalk on the left side of the street, and anoth...
Photograph

Ferris Wheel

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of a Ferris Wheel on Main Street. Men and women are strolling about and many storefronts can be seen.
Photograph

Digging Out Train Tracks

Date: 02 15 1936
Description: Slightly elevated winter scene with men shoveling out a Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul train about 3.5 miles north of Ripon. The locomotive is in the backg...
Photograph

Mrs. Meade with Electronic Kitchen Devices

Date: 1929
Description: A woman is standing at a sink in a kitchen; next to it is a dishwasher. Behind her is a cooking range. Caption on rear of photograph reads: "Mrs. Chas. Mea...
Photograph

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

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...
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...
Postcard

Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "M.E. Church, Ripon, Wis." A group of 5 men and a boy are standing on the road in front of a clapboard church. Two more men can be see...
Postcard

South Side Square

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "South Side Square. Ripon, Wis." View across square towards buildings which line the South Side of the brick paved Public Square. Seve...
Photograph

Joseph Ager

Date: 1876
Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Joseph Ager, a farmer from Ripon.
Photograph

Jane Ager

Date: 1876
Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Jane Ager, a farmer from Ripon.

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