Greetings from Green Bay, Wisconsin | Postcard | Wisconsin Historical Society

Postcard

Greetings from Green Bay, Wisconsin

Greetings from Green Bay, Wisconsin | Postcard | Wisconsin Historical Society
Large Letter style postcard for Green Bay depicting various scenes in the letters that spell the name of the city. Caption reads: "Greetings from Green Bay, Wisconsin." Images include the lighthouse at the harbor entrance, City Stadium (then the home of the Green Bay Packers), fishing, Bay Beach Pavilion, the Wolf River, St. John's Church, City Hall, and bathers at Bay Beach. The background scene depicts Jean Nicolet's landing on the western shore of Lake Michigan.
DESCRIPTION
Large Letter style postcard for Green Bay depicting various scenes in the letters that spell the name of the city. Caption reads: "Greetings from Green Bay, Wisconsin." Images include the lighthouse at the harbor entrance, City Stadium (then the home of the Green Bay Packers), fishing, Bay Beach Pavilion, the Wolf River, St. John's Church, City Hall, and bathers at Bay Beach. The background scene depicts Jean Nicolet's landing on the western shore of Lake Michigan.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:86617
Creation Date:before 1957
Creator Name:Bosse News Depot, Green Bay, Wisconsin
City:Green Bay
County:Brown
State:Wisconsin
Collection Name:Wisconsin postcard collection, circa 1860s?-circa 1990s
Genre:Postcard
Original Format Type:prints, photomechanical
Original Format Number:PH 2744
Original Dimensions:5.5 x 3.5 inches
SUBJECTS
Church buildings
City halls
Lighthouses
Painting
Cities and towns
Ho Chunk Indians
Europeans
Explorers
Men
Bathing beaches
Fishing
Football
Stadiums
Tourism
Bays
Michigan, Lake
Rivers

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