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Tall-tale Postcard: Homeward Bound

Date: 1915
Description: Photomontage of a giant dog pulling an automobile across a landscape. The dog is running, causing the car, which is tethered to the dog's tail by a rope, ...
Print

Civil War Regiment

Date: 1862
Description: Birds-eye view of a Wisconsin Civil War regiment on parade in Fond du Lac, as drawn by Louis Kurz from the Marr Street Methodist Church. The regiment canno...
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Laird, Obey, and Nelson

Date: 10 27 1973
Description: Candid portrait of three Wisconsin legislators sharing a light moment. Left to right, they are: Melvin Laird, who resigned from his congressional seat in J...
Photograph

Harry Gordon Selfridge

Date: 1935
Description: Department store magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge wearing spectacles and smoking a cigar while attending a ceremony at Ripon College at which he received an ...
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Samuel Arms Family

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Description: The family of Samuel Arms poses outdoors in front of their house (the front door faces east). From left to right are: Samuel Arms, Mamie, Mary Roberts Arms...
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Alfred Stanley Johnson, Jr.

Date: 1932
Description: Portrait of photographer Alfred Stanley Johnson, Jr., a Waupun photographer best known for his "tall-tale" or "freak" postcards.
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Boys Swimming in Mill Pond

Date: 1921
Description: Two young boys swim in a mill pond beside a dilapidated building.
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Ripon Knitting Works Labels

Date: 05 03 1948
Description: Two labels from Ripon Knitting Works, Ripon, Wisconsin. The label states, "LEATHER and KNIT SPORTSWEAR SINCE 1880."
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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...
Photograph

Badger Boys' State

Date: 07 04 1948
Description: Three Madison boys, wearing Badger Boys' State t-shirts, will be attending Badger Boys' State. From left they are Bob Cnare, Edward Rubin and Dick Roberts.
Drawing

Farm House on State Highway 49

Date: 1946
Description: Pencil drawing of a farm house between Ripon and Waupun, on State Highway 49. Left gable has a bell on a post on top of it. Features two doorways in front,...
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Prison Cemetery

Date: 1955
Description: Cemetery surrounded by trees. There is a fence and field in the distance.
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Members of the Loyal Temperance League

Date: 05 07 1927
Description: At a convention of the Fond du Lac County chapters of the Loyal Temperance League, some of the children present for a group picture hold up a sign that say...
Photograph

Peony Farm

Date: 06 1950
Description: Three well-dressed women are walking past a peony farm.
Drawing

American Fur Companies Buildings

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Description: Lithograph view towards river of the American Fur Companies buildings and fenced enclosures, surrounded by hills and trees.
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

Fond du Lac Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Built in the mid-1930s by Clark Oil Company, this station was located along the city's gasoline alley with other gas stations, auto dealerships, and servic...
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Fond du Lac Service Station Detail (Art Deco)

Date: 2008
Description: The simple, abstract, geometric ornament was easily and inexpensively cast in concrete block faces.
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Fond du Lac Public Library

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Description: Copy of an artist's line drawing of the exterior of the Fond du Lac Public Library. The library opened in 1904 and was funded by Andrew Carnegie with $30,0...
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Waupun Public Library

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Description: Exterior view of the Waupun Public Library. The library opened in 1905. Reverse of cardboard backing reads: "$12,000." Above the main entrance it reads: "W...

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