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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, ...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye Map of Green Bay and Fort Howard

Date: 1867
Description: Bird's-eye map of Green Bay and Fort Howard, Brown Co., depicts street names and street layouts, houses, trees, and the East River. A reference key at the ...
Photograph

Aerial View including Old Court House

Date: 1890
Description: Aerial view of downtown Green Bay, with the old Court House.
Photograph

Aerial View with Old Court House

Date: 1890
Description: Aerial view of downtown Green Bay with old Court House and the surrounding buildings.
Drawing

Astor House

Date: 1835
Description: Rough sketch of the Astor house made from memory.
Photograph

Baird House

Date: 1890
Description: View of the H.S. Baird house.
Photograph

Baker House

Date: 1895
Description: Winter view across road towards the Baker house, the residence of James S. Baker.
Postcard

Brown County Courthouse

Date: 1890
Description: View of the first Brown County Courthouse. Caption reads: "Court House, Green Bay, Wis."
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Cotton Residence

Date: 1890
Description: View of the Judge Stephen R. Cotton residence. The Cotton residence was located at the corner of Jefferson and Doty Streets.
Photograph

Doty Office

Date: 1880
Description: View of the J.D. Doty office. Doty served as agent for John Jacob Astor in promoting the village of Astor, later renamed Green Bay.
Photograph

Doty Office

Date: 1898
Description: View of the office building occupied by James Duane Doty during the 1820s when he was additional judge for the U.S. Circuit Court of Michigan Territory. Th...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Eastmen Residence

Date: 1890
Description: View of the H.E. Eastmen residence. The house was located on the southwest corner of Porlier and Monroe Streets, and later the residence of Mrs. George G. ...
Photograph

A.G. Ellis - Hagemeister House

Date: 1890
Description: View of a house in a residential area, obscured by trees. "The house was built in 1835 by Ellis and was last occupied by the Misses Bessie and Barbara Hage...
Photograph

Green Bay Residence

Date: 1880
Description: Exterior of home and lawn on a summer day, with a forest in the background and a picket fence in the foreground. The house has a lookout on the roof.
Photograph

Surgeons' Quarters

Date: 1895
Description: Front view of the Fort Howard surgeons' quarters.
Photograph

Fort Howard Hospital

Date: 1895
Description: View of the Fort Howard hospital.
Photograph

"Lawton's Folly"

Date: 1885
Description: "Lawton's Folly," the home of Joseph Lawton, built in 1851, between De Pere and Ft. Howard. Joseph Lawton came from Pennsylvannia. This building no longer ...
Postcard

Long Tail Point Lighthouse

Date: 1898
Description: View across field towards the lighthouse and other buildings among trees. Caption reads: "Long Tail Point, Green Bay, Wis."

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