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Ripon Public Library

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of the Ripon Public Library. Caption reads: "Public LIbrary, Ripon, Wis."
Postcard

Fond du Lac Public Library

Date: 1900
Description: Drawing of the exterior of the Fond du Lac Public Library. Van Ryn and Degelleke architects. Caption reads: "Public Library, Fond du Lac, Wis."
Postcard

Public Library

Date: 1909
Description: View toward the library, a three-story stone building with stained glass windows. Caption reads: "Public Library, Fond du Lac, Wis."
Postcard

Fond du Lac Public Library

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior of the Fond du Lac Public Library, with people standing on the front steps to the building. Caption reads: "Public Library, Fond du Lac, Wis."
Photograph

Waupun Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Waupun Public Library. The library opened in 1905. In the foreground is a large librarian's desk, with ink wells, and a card box. Behi...
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Waupun Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Waupun Public Library. The library opened in 1905. The side of a large librarian's desk is in the foreground. There are bookshelves on...
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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...
Photograph

Public Library

Date: 1900
Description: View toward the brick and stone facade of a neoclassical-style public library on a corner.
Property Record

N5620 US HIGHWAY 45

Community: Empire
County: Fond du Lac
Historic Name: Macy Library
Reference Number: 27793
Property Record

303 ELM ST

Community: Ripon
County: Fond du Lac
Historic Name: LANE LIBRARY
Reference Number: 43595
Postcard

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."
Photograph

Street Scene with the Public Library

Date: 1900
Description: View across intersection toward the library on the left, and houses behind a tree-lined sidewalk on the right.
Postcard

Public Library

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Public Library, Ripon, Wis." A one-story brick and stone building with a basement level surrounded by sidewalks. A women is walking a...
Postcard

Waupun Public Library

Date: 02 01 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Waupun Public Library, Waupun, Wis." A woman is posing on the sidewalk in front of the library, which was built in 1904 of cut stone ...
Photograph

Ripon College

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

45 S NATIONAL AVE

Community: Fond du Lac
County: Fond du Lac
Historic Name: Cardinal Meyer Library (at Marian College)
Reference Number: 207483
Property Record

401 WATSON ST

Community: Ripon
County: Fond du Lac
Historic Name: Carnegie Public Library
Reference Number: 28868
Property Record

117 E MAIN ST

Community: Brandon
County: Fond du Lac
Historic Name: Ellis Block/Brandon Village Hall and Library
Reference Number: 136700
Historical Essay

The Wisconsin Free Library Commission - Image Gallery Essay

Photographs of Public Libraries in Wisconsin
Learn about how the Wisconsin Free Library Commission helped to establish and improve free public libraries in Wisconsin.

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