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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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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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Bandstand

Date: 1930
Description: View of the Bandstand surrounded by a lawn and trees.
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Spanish War Monument

Date: 1936
Description: View of a boulevard containing a Spanish war memorial statue. The plaque on the statue's base reads: "Memorial to those who served in the war with Spain, 1...
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"Genesis" Sculpture

Date: 1930
Description: The "Genesis" sculpture by Schaler, on the campus of Ripon College.
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Duffie Hall, Ripon College

Date: 1930
Description: Caption reads: "Duffie Hall Ripon College, Ripon, Wis."
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Republican Schoolhouse

Date: 1936
Description: Exterior view of the Republican Schoolhouse, also known as the Birthplace of the Republican Party.
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Long House, Ripon, Wisconsin

Date: 1930
Description: The Long House, Ceresco.
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Long House, Ripon, Wisconsin

Date: 1930
Description: The rear of the Long House, with wash drying on a line.
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Landaal Brothers Hardware

Date: 03 09 1933
Description: A line of several trucks in front of the Landaal Brothers Hardware store. Landaal Brothers was likely an International Harvester dealership. One of the tru...
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Lane Library, Ripon College

Date: 1930
Description: A view of the library's facade and side. This building follows the Neoclassical style popular in the early twentieth century, and it is an iconic style for...
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Winnebago Dairy Farm

Date: 10 18 1939
Description: Postcard submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. On the front of the postcard is the slogan: You can 'whip' our cream but you can't...
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Where the Teacher Lives

Date: 1932
Description: This two-story, wood frame house with Eastlake detailing and front bay window was owned by Mrs. Carl Kreawaldt. The New Fane school teacher, Miss Marie E. ...
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Marie E. Adams

Date: 1932
Description: The teacher at the New Fane School, District No. 2, Town of Auburn, Fond du Lac County, poses near a fence with shrubbery behind her.
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New Fane School

Date: 1932
Description: Thirteen students and their teacher, Marie Adams, pose at the side of the New Fane School. They are wearing coats and hats. The school is a singe-story bri...
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Martin Gutekunst

Date: 1932
Description: Martin Gutekunst, 14, wearing high boots, sweater, and leather hat, poses at the side of the New Fane School. He is identified on the photograph as the "le...
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Louise Kolafa

Date: 1932
Description: Louise Kolafa, a 15-year old student at the New Fane school, posing near a country road.
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Pitching Hay

Date: 1932
Description: Bernice and Beatrice Dworshak, age 16, pose with pitchforks loaded with hay; one of the girls is on the hay wagon and her sister stands beside it. They are...
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New Fane

Date: 1932
Description: Looking west along County Trunk Highway SS (now CTH DD) from the hill east of the New Fane School. The brick school, with its bell tower and widow's walk, ...
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Lakeside Park

Date: 1932
Description: Children and adults enjoy a sunny day at the Lake Winnebago shore in Lakeside Park in Fond du Lac.

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