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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, ...
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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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Austin Straubel Airport

Date: 06 13 1965
Description: The restaurant at Austin Straubel Field. In 1965 Brown County completed a new passenger terminal at Austin Straubel Airport that included a large (and appa...
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Green Bay Packers Fans

Date: 07 20 1970
Description: Packer fans, despite bad weather, wait in line Sunday outside The Milwaukee Journal Company building to wait for Monday's football ticket sale. First in li...
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Israel Greene Beaumont's House

Date: 1929
Description: Interior of the front parlor, with two women sitting on rocking chairs in front of the fireplace. The house is located at 203 South Jefferson Street. Beaum...
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Israel Greene Beaumont House

Date: 1925
Description: Israel Greene Beaumont House located at 203 South Jefferson Street. Anne ("Aunt Nan") Brett is seated in the south wing room. Beaumont's house was demolis...
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Chapman (Col. William) Residence

Date: 1860
Description: Exterior of the Chapman residence, at the corner of Walnut and Adams Streets. A man is standing on the sidewalk in front.
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Collard's Hill

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Description: Log house located at the top of Collard's Hill. Two children are standing near the house.
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Cotton House

Date: 1949
Description: View of three women standing in the foreground looking at the front of the Captain John Cotton house. Also known as "Beaupre", this Greek Revival style hou...
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Doty Home

Date: 1895
Description: View of Governor James Duane Doty's home with two children standing in front. The Doty home was the first brick house in Wisconsin. The materials were tran...
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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 ...
Postcard

Fort Howard Hospital Exterior

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Description: View of ranch-style building with a porch, and people standing on it. Before restoration. Handwritten text at bottom reads: "One of the original Ft. Howard...
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Irwin House

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Description: Front view of the Irwin house with a man standing on the porch. The Irwins were a family of businessmen who arrived in Green Bay in 1817.
Postcard

Odd Fellow's Home

Date: 1912
Description: A large gathering of men and women stand outside the Odd Fellow's Home. There is a flagpole on the grounds with an American Flag among trees. People are po...
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St. Francis Xavier Cathedral

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Description: Elevated view of people in the pews facing towards the altar of the St. Francis Xavier Cathedral.
Postcard

St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum

Date: 11 10 1905
Description: A group of people are in a motorboat, named "Quo Vadis,, in the lake in front of St. Joseph's orphan asylum. Caption reads: "St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, Gr...
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Tank Cottage and Yard Junk

Date: 1906
Description: A view of the cottage with large trees around it, and a stone wall in the front yard. Some windows appear shattered. Wooden pallets are stacked in the fron...
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Tank Cottage with Two Little Girls

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of the cottage and porch. Two little girls in dresses stand in front of the cottage, posing for the camera. A bench stands on the porch. On t...
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Albert Weise Residence

Date: 1898
Description: Albert Weise's residence, with wooden sidewalk, and two kids standing on the front porch posing for the photographer.
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Rochelle Alpert Lighting Hanukkah Candles

Date: 12 1954
Description: Rochelle Alpert, daughter of Holocaust survivor, Pela Rosen Alpert, lighting Hanukkah candles.

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