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Village of Folle-Avoines

Date: 1842
Description: A Menominee village as depicted by Francois, Comte de Castelnau, a French naturalist and diplomat who visited the Green Bay area about 1838. The detailed, ...
Photograph

International Harvester Branch(?) Office

Date: 1906
Description: Two men and a woman working in a branch(?) office of the International Harvester Company. One man is talking on a telephone. Portraits of William Deering a...
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Fort Howard Hospital Parlor

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Description: View of a parlor built partially out of stone. A fireplace is on the back right wall, with a portrait hanging above it, and a spinning wheel near the left ...
Photograph

Jourdain Homestead

Date: 1900
Description: Jourdain's homestead, built by Joseph Jourdain in what was then Ft. Howard, Wisconsin. Eleazer Williams is said to have married Joseph Jourdain's daughter ...
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Spirit of the Northwest

Date: 1920
Description: "Spirit of the Northwest" monument by Sidney Bedore, on the grounds of the Brown County Court House. Represented, left to right: a Menominee, Claude Alloue...
Photograph

Green Bay Public Library

Date: 1910
Description: Interior view of the Green Bay Public Library. Notes on photograph read: "Interior, Public Library, Green Bay Wis. - No. 45" and "Copr. 1910, H.E. Bethe." ...
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Green Bay Public Library

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated interior view of the Green Bay Public Library. The library was built in 1903 at a cost of $12,000 by H.A. Foeller, Architects. Notes on photograph...
Photograph

Green Bay Public Library

Date: 1910
Description: Interior view of the Green Bay Public Library. The library was built in 1903 at a cost of $12,000 by H.A. Foeller, Architects. Note on photograph reads: "I...
Photograph

"The Spirit of the Northwest"

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Description: "The Spirit of the Northwest," a sculpture by Sidney Bedore which features a missionary, an explorer, and a Native American.
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Interior of Straubel House; Parlor and Dining Room

Date: 1895
Description: Interior view of the parlor and dining room of the Straubel home. A piano is in the parlor in the foreground, and a woman is standing next to the dining ro...
Postcard

The "Spirit of the Northwest"

Date: 1930
Description: Caption reads: "The 'Spirit of the Northwest', Green Bay, Wis." Text on reverse reads: "The Spirit of the Northwest, Sidney Bedore, sculptor, depicts the e...
Postcard

Library; Tank House

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Description: Interior color postcard of the library in the Tank House, built by Joseph Le Roi in 1776. A piano is against the wall on the right under framed portraits. ...
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Fort Howard Ball

Date: 07 1934
Description: View across lawn towards people in formal attire standing in a field, in front of a tent stage. Along the tent are large panels with drawings or paintings ...
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Tercentennial Celebration, Green Bay

Date: 07 1934
Description: View across lawn towards people standing in front of a large theater stage and backdrop with trees drawn on it. Some are costumed as soldiers and some as N...

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