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Long Tail Lighthouse

Date: 1890
Description: Long Tail lighthouse. Built in 1847-1848 and abandoned in 1859 when a new frame lighthouse was built nearby.
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Long Tail Point Lighthouse

Date: 1890
Description: Long Tail lighthouse, built in 1859.
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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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Long Tail Lighthouse

Date: 1905
Description: Long Tail Lighthouse and surrounding buildings.
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Octagon House

Date: 1940
Description: Masonry, octagon house. Just outside of Green Bay, on Highway CC. It originally was part of a fort group.
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Tank Cottage in the Summer

Date: 1930
Description: View of the cottage from the outside, with trees and plants surrounding it. A garden is in the foreground with a low-lying brick wall. The cottage's porch ...
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Tank Cottage on the River

Date: 1889
Description: Distant view of the cottage across the river, with reeds in the foreground. On the original site on the west side of the Fox River, before the restoration.
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Tank Cottage

Date: 1930
Description: View of the cottage with a stone wall in front of it, and surrounded by plants and trees. On the original site on the west side of the Fox River before res...
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Vacant House and Grain Elevators

Date: 08 18 1963
Description: View of the porch of a vacant at 535 10th Avenue with grain elevators in the background. This particular group of grain elevators were called "Tanktown."
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Women's Outing

Date: 1882
Description: Four women relax and have fun together, sitting on the grass, wearing hats and long dresses. Two of them hold a cigarette in their hand, the other two have...
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Lawson Plant Exterior

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior view from field across pond towards Alfred Lawson's aircraft plant, with buildings and smokestacks. Men are working with a pile of lumber on the l...
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Lawson Airplane Company Plant

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior view from field of a long brick Lawson plant building with a smokestack. Several automobiles are parked near the plant on the left, and on the rig...
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The First Northern Voyageurs

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Description: Color reproduction of a metal sculpture of two explorers standing near upended canoe. Text on reverse reads: "The First Northern Voyageurs Sculpture b...

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