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| Paul Jules Saloon Building, Green Bay, Wisconsin |
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| A boarded-over 1883 Italiante building is revived; attracting new businesses and positive changes to the Broadway-Walnut Historic District. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of bridge crossing the wide Fox River, with the paper mill on the far side of the river, and a horse-drawn cart approaching the near side. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Eleazer William's log cabin, five miles south of De Pere, overlooking the rapids of the Little Bakalin on the Fox River. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Fox River and South Washington Street, from the top of St. Willobrord's Church. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Washington Street and the Fox River and buildings nearby. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | View of Green Bay from the Fort Howard side of the Fox River. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking north toward the harbor with multiple buildings in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of South Jefferson and Doty Streets, showing the Albert Weiss and Platt Greene residences and the present location of the Columbus Club, Kell... |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | View of Green Bay from the top of St. Willibrord's Church. A river can be seen in the background. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Southwest view of the Fox River and the waterfront. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of an industrial waterfront along the Fox River. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | View of the Fox River between Green Bay and Fort Howard. |
| Date: | 08 19 1887 |
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| Description: | Cabinet card of a group portrait of four men in front of a painted backdrop. Two are dressed in male formal attire, with top hats. The other men are dresse... |
| Lumberman, Resort Operator and Humorist |
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| Biography of Eugene Shepard, whose "Hodag" monster hoax made Oneida County a tourist attraction. |
| Newspaperman, Politician and Inventor |
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| Biography of newspaperman, a politician and typewriter inventor Christopher Latham Sholes. |
| Lumberman, Financier and Congressman |
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| Biography of Isaac Stephenson who was a lumberman, financier and congressman. |
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