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Willson Monarch Remedies Wagon

Date: 1935
Description: Two salesmen stand beside one of the Willson's Monarch Remedies horse-drawn wagons. Willson's sold patent medicines, spices, extracts, flavorings, and "toi...
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Arndt and Doty Street Intersection

Date: 1900
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 ...
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Missionfest

Date: 08 27 1946
Description: Missionfest (Dutch) Traditional Psalms sung on church grounds.
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Missionfest

Date: 08 27 1946
Description: Missionfest (Dutch) traditional psalms sung on church grounds.
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Missionfest

Date: 08 27 1946
Description: Missionfest (Dutch) traditional psalms sung on church grounds.
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Missionfest

Date: 08 27 1946
Description: Missionfest (Dutch) traditional psalms sung on church grounds.
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Loading Truck at Landall Brothers Dealership

Date: 03 09 1933
Description: Men loading a cream separator and gas pumps into the back of an International Red Baby truck in front of the Landall Brothers hardware store and farm equip...
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District School in Alto

Date: 1925
Description: District school No. 5 in Alto (or Metomen).
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Anderson's Store

Date: 1908
Description: Anderson's store, with a horse and carriage in front. Caption reads: "Anderson's Store Ephraim, Wis."
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Bandstand

Date: 1930
Description: View of the Bandstand surrounded by a lawn and trees.
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Bijou Theater

Date: 1900
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.
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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".
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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".
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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".
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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".
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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...
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Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad Station

Date: 1948
Description: Railroad depot for the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Saint Marie railroad company's trains.
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Stubby Sentinel

Date: 1954
Description: View down road towards the Fond du Lac lighthouse, built in 1933. There are cumulus clouds in the sky, and pine trees are lining the shore.
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Octagon House

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

Date: 1940
Description: View of a two-story octagonal structure amongst trees. Caption reads: "Possibly Wisconsin's most unusual bit of 'octagonda' is just outside of Fond du Lac....

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