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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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Waupun Stone Mills

Date: 1878
Description: View of Waupun Stone Mills, established in 1849, in the background. Construction of an addition is underway. People are in the foreground in front of a br...
Postcard

Main Street, Looking South

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Description: View down unpaved Main Street. Caption reads: "Main Street Looking South, Friendship, Wis."
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Ripon College

Date: 1950
Description: Exterior view of Lane Library at Ripon College, with groups of young people seated on the front steps.
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Ripon College

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of Ripon College.
Postcard

Public Square

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of the public square, looking south. Caption reads: "Public Square, Ripon, Wis., Looking South."
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Ripon College

Date: 1867
Description: View down sidewalk along a row of buildings at Ripon College.
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Immanuel's Kirche dur Evangelical German

Date: 1870
Description: View across street toward the exterior of Immanuel's Kirche dur Evangelical German church. All the arched windows are decorated with stained glass, mostly ...
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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 ...
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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...
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Ferris Wheel

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

Railroad Loading Platform

Date: 1924
Description: Railroad loading platform with a Gurney Refrigerator Company plant in the far background. On the far left a man pulls a hand cart, in the center a man sits...
Postcard

Main Street South from 4th Avenue

Date: 1916
Description: View of Main Street lined with businesses, and street car tracks running down the center. Three dentist offices are on the left. Caption reads: "Main Stree...
Postcard

Main Street, Looking South, Showing the Hotel Erving

Date: 1909
Description: View of Main Street with the E.R Smith Printing Company on the left and the Hotel Erving on the right. Buggies and bicycles are on the street. There is a t...
Postcard

First and Main Streets, Looking North

Date: 1916
Description: View down middle of street towards the intersection of First and Main Streets. Automobiles, wagons and bicycles are on the street, and street lamps are alo...
Postcard

Main Street, looking North from Sheboygan Street

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Description: View of Main Street with the Retlaw Theater on the right. Automobiles and street car tracks are in the center of the street. Caption reads: "Main Street, l...
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C. & N. W. Depot

Date: 1909
Description: Hand-colored view looking across railroad tracks towards the Fond du Lac train station. One person is standing on the platform. Caption reads: "C. & N. W. ...
Postcard

Fire Damage; Congregational Church

Date: 09 28 1908
Description: The Congregational Church after it was destroyed by fire in 1908. Caption reads: "Cong. Church."
Postcard

Main Street

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Description: Hand-colored view across lawn towards Main Street, with buildings, horses, buggies and pedestrians. The base of a tower is between trees on the lawn in the...
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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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