Fond du Lac History

Discoveries, donations and information from the files of the Thornton Library, on the grounds of the Fond du Lac County Historical Society, Fond du Lac, WI

Thursday, May 20, 2021

Circus Lover

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You never know what a family scrapbook might contain. The Thornton Library just recently became the recipient of some family albums belongi...

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Plumbing School, Newburgh NY

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This photo is from the McCoy family collection. It shows graduates of a plumbing school in Newburgh, NY in 1902, and one of the graduates...

Children

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Came across these pictures while cataloging photos. Photos of children are always fun to look at. These pictures all came from the same ph...

Saturday, October 31, 2020

German Pictures of WWI

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Someone from Fond du Lac must have had a connection, because I recently came across some fascinating (but damaged) pictures of German soldi...

Thursday, October 29, 2020

Photos of Clergy and Religious

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While re-cataloging the photos in the Thornton Library, I came across an album that had several images of priests and nuns. The album belong...

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Convent of the Holy Nativity

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The convent of the Holy Nativity may have been destroyed by fire, but these photographs taken in 1999, show a beautiful structure that once ...

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