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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

Consecration of Bishop Weller as Bishop Coadjutor

Date: 11 08 1900
Description: Consecration of Bishop Weller as Bishop Coadjutor, Diocese of Fund du Lac. Three Bishops seated, l to r: Bishop Nicholson of Milwaukee; Bishop Grafton of F...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Onions

Date: 10 30 1909
Description: An elderly, bearded man hauls a giant onion using a dolly. The man is wearing a black hat and white work gloves. The background shows the side of a barn....
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Sugar Beets

Date: 10 30 1909
Description: A man on a large horse-drawn cart hauls a group of giant sugar beets. The two horses are stepping onto a dirt road. An inscription in the upper left corner...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Loading Cabbage

Date: 10 30 1909
Description: A group of male laborers load a giant cabbage up a ramp and onto a train car. The side of the train says "Wisconsin and Michigan." A pile of other giant ca...
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...
Postcard

Fletcher's Park

Date: 1900
Description: View from center field of baseball game being played in Fletcher's Park. A group of spectators are sitting under a covered grandstand on the right. Caption...
Print

Royal Queen Japan Tea

Date: 05 28 1909
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Features an illustration of a Japanese woman wearing traditional clothing. In the bac...
Photograph

Children Posing with New Car

Date: 1909
Description: Children of William A. Titus posed at the family model T Ford automobile, the first such car purchased in Fond du Lac County.
Photograph

Henry Miller Family

Date: 05 1902
Description: Henry Miller with his wife, three children, and sister-in-law, Lena Jaeger, chopping wood. Henry is sawing a log, while a woman is cutting wood with an axe...
Postcard

Fire Damage; Grant School

Date: 09 26 1908
Description: Grant School in the aftermath of Fond du Lac's biggest fire — September 26, 1908. Caption reads: "Grant School."
Postcard

Fire Damage; St. Joseph's Church

Date: 09 26 1908
Description: Gutted remains of St. Joseph's Church in the aftermath of the fire of September 26, 1908.
Postcard

Lake Park

Date: 1908
Description: Scene at Lake Park. Two women are standing next to a drinking fountain. Several other people are sitting on the park benches. Caption reads: "Lake Park, Fo...
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

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

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

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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