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Fort Howard Ball

Date: 07 1934
Description: View across lawn towards people in formal attire standing in a field, in front of a tent stage. Along the tent are large panels with drawings or paintings ...
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Tercentennial Celebration, Green Bay

Date: 07 1934
Description: View across lawn towards people standing in front of a large theater stage and backdrop with trees drawn on it. Some are costumed as soldiers and some as N...
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Green Bay Precinct Committeemen

Date: 11 04 1936
Description: Two men and a woman are sitting in the center, with the man in the middle holding up a piece of paper that they are looking at. A large group of people are...
Postcard

Green Bay

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Description: Aerial view of Green Bay from the bay. Commercial and industrial buildings are in the foreground. Waterfront businesses include F. Hurlbut Cement and W.W. ...
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Bicycles Parked Near Historymobile

Date: 09 15 1955
Description: Several bicycles are parked on the sidewalk near the Wisconsin Historical Society Historymobile, parked near the curb. The Historymobile was visiting the N...
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Banquet at Beauty School

Date: 1961
Description: Group portrait of women at a banquet at the Green Bay Beauty School. In the back row, fourth from the left, is Frances Decorah. Handwritten at the bottom i...
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Frances Ann Oiyotte Decorah with Certificate

Date: 1961
Description: Frances "Frenchie" Ann Oiyotte Decorah receiving her beauticians license at the age of 18 from the Green Bay Beauty School. The blond woman on the left is ...
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Lawson M.T.2 Fuselage

Date: 1917
Description: A Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2) fuselage in the Lawson plant. The airplane is almost fully assembled, except for the wings, which are not yet attached. T...
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Lawson M.T.2 in Plant

Date: 1917
Description: A fully assembled Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2) parked indoors at the Lawson plant.
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Crew Building a Lawson M.T.2

Date: 1917
Description: Several men are working on different parts of a Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2), including the interior structure of the plane, the engine, and the exterio...
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Group Portrait with Lawson Air Liner

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of a group of five men and one woman standing in front of a Lawson Air Liner parked in a field.
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Alfred Lawson and Group

Date: 1919
Description: Group portrait of Alfred Lawson, two unidentified women, and three unidentified men. They are standing outdoors in front of a Lawson Air Liner. A leather s...
Postcard

Lawson M.T.2 in Flight

Date: 1919
Description: Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2) in flight, probably near Green Bay. View across field towards the airplane flying in the distance.
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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...
Poster

Lawson Plant Advertisement

Date: 1919
Description: Advertisement for the Lawson plant in Green Bay. Includes a drawing from an aerial perspective of the plant and some of the surrounding area, under the wor...
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Lawson Plant Machine Shop

Date: 1919
Description: Interior of the Lawson machine shop, with two Lawson engines, one housed in part of a fuselage, the other set on a wooden support. A long wooden frame is i...
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Lawson Plant Machine Shop

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of the interior of the Lawson plant, a large open room with exposed ceiling and windows lining both walls. Part of the fuselage for a Lawson ...
Poster

Practical Aeronautics

Date: 1919
Description: Advertisement for Alfred Lawson, declaring that he is "Designer and Navigator of the First Airliner." Background image shows the Lawson Air Liner flying. I...
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Lawson Plant Machine Shop

Date: 1919
Description: Interior view of the Lawson plant. At least 18 people are working in the large, open room. Belt-driven machinery is attached to the rafters of the open cei...
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Lawson Plant Machine Shop

Date: 1919
Description: Interior of the machine shop at the Lawson plant. There are drill presses and a belt-driven machinery system attached to the open rafters of the ceiling. S...

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