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Women Sewing for Civil Works Administration Project

Date: 1934
Description: A group of Fond du Lac women sews clothes for a Civil Works Administration project in 1934. The CWA was an emergency program that lasted from November 1933...
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Progressive Convention

Date: 05 19 1934
Description: Crowd of delegates and guests at the Progressive Convention in the armory, held to launch a new Progressive Party.
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Phil La Follette at Progressive Convention

Date: 05 19 1934
Description: Former Governor Philip F. La Follette, the younger son of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., calling the roll on the proposal to form a new political party at the...
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William Evjue at Progressive Convention

Date: 05 19 1934
Description: William T. Evjue, editor of The Capital Times, presiding over the Progressive convention, at which the delegates launched a new political party, the Progre...
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Galloway House Museum

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Description: Galloway House Museum and flower-laden lawn on a sunny, summer day. Large oak trees stand to the left and right of the museum. Two benches, a bird bath, ...
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Galloway House and Gazebo

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Description: Galloway House, with gazebo on the lawn at right, among bare trees.
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Galloway House Museum Parlor

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Description: Interior view of the parlor, with a piano on the left, a sofa to the right in the corner of the room, and a portrait on an easel in the center. There is a ...
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Galloway House Museum Carriage House

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Description: View of the exterior of the carriage house in the spring or summer, with miscellaneous tools and other items littered throughout the yard. A wooden stairwa...
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Grafton Hall

Date: 1908
Description: Caption reads: "Grafton Hall, as seen from the campus, Fond du Lac, Wis."
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Fond du Lac County Courthouse

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Description: Exterior, colorized view of the County Courthouse. The courthouse is at least two stories, with wide steps leading up to the front entrance framed with col...
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Jefferson School in Fond du Lac

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of Jefferson School. Caption reads: "Jefferson School, Fond Du Lac, Wis."
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Colonel Elihu Phillips Home

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior of Colonel Elihu Phillips home, built in 1854.
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Public Library, Fond du Lac, Wis.

Date: 1948
Description: Exterior view from street towards the Fond du Lac Public Library. Caption reads: "Public Libarry, Fond Du Lac, Wis."
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McDonald Residence

Date: 1920
Description: View of a large house of Greek Architecture, with Corinthian pillars or columns. Built by John S. McDonald, and later owned by the McMillan estate. General...
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McDonald Residence from Park Avenue and 2nd Street

Date: 1920
Description: Home of John McDonald, Park Avenue and Second Street. General U.S. Grant was a guest at this home at one time.
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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...
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Sanitary Refrigerator Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Sanitary Refrigerator Company of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, manufacturers of wood and steel refrigerators, with an elevated three-quarter vi...
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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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Buttermilk Creek Park

Date: 07 1990
Description: The summer performance stage at Buttermilk Creek Park.
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Fond du Lac, Wis.

Date: 1906
Description: Elevated view of central Fond Du Lac. Lake Winnebago is in the distance. Churches and other buildings are in the foreground. Caption reads: "Fond du Lac, W...

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