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Post Office

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior of Post Office. Caption reads: "Post Office, Fond du Lac, Wis."
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Hotel Retlaw

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Description: Exterior of the Hotel Retlaw, with cars on the street and pedestrians on the sidewalks. Caption reads: "Hotel Retlaw, Fond du Lac, Wis."
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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...
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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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Post Office

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Description: Hand-colored view of the one-story main post office. Caption reads: "Post Office, Fond du Lac, Wis."
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Post Office

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Description: View of the two-story main post office with two automobiles parked in front. Caption reads: "Post Office, Fond du Lac, Wis."
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New Bath House

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Description: Color illustration of the bath house at the lake front, seen from along a stony shoreline. Caption reads: "New Bath House, Fond du Lac, Wis."
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4th Liberty Loan Parade

Date: 09 29 1918
Description: A group of women wearing white nurses' uniforms are marching up a street in a parade. Some are carrying American flags, others are carrying signs and banne...
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4th Liberty Loan Parade

Date: 09 28 1918
Description: View towards a group of women marching up a street in a parade. Some are wearing nurse's uniforms, some are waving flags, and many are holding signs that r...
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4th Liberty Loan Parade

Date: 09 28 1918
Description: A group of women are marching up a street in a parade. Some are carrying signs, and one woman is carrying an American flag. The signs include: "WOMAN'S COM...
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4th Liberty Loan Parade

Date: 09 28 1918
Description: View down street towards women marching in a parade, some carrying signs and some carrying American flags. A number of women are wearing nurse's uniforms. ...
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Birthplace of the Republican Party

Date: 1938
Description: Text at foot reads: "Birthplace of the Republican Party, Ripon, Wis." Handwritten at foot of image: "First Meeting Held Here-March 20th, 1854. Ripon, Wis."...
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Patriotic Crowd

Date: 1914
Description: A crowd of adults and children are standing in a line with American Flags on a brick street. There is a large, three-story brick building on the right. In ...
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G.A.R. Encampment

Date: 06 15 1916
Description: Text on front reads: "G.A.R. Encampment. June 14-16, 1916. Ripon, Wis." An arched monument honoring the Grand Army of the Republic, crowned with the Seal o...
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Birthplace of the Republican Party

Date: 1950
Description: Text on the reverse reads: "The Famous Little White School House, at Ripon, Wisconsin. Birthplace of the Republican Party in 1854." Surrounded by dwellings...
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Republican House Restaurant

Date: 1939
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Stately Republican House Restaurant...at Ripon, Wisconsin, where in 1954, the Republican Party was Born in the 'little White School...
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High School

Date: 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "High School, Ripon, Wis." A two-story white brick or stone schoolhouse with basement windows along the foundation, and attic space. T...
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Waupun Correctional Institution

Date: 1983
Description: Text on front reads: "Waupun Correctional Institution." On reverse: "Waupun Correctional Institution. Located two blocks from Main Street on Madison Street...

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