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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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National Railroad Museum; Dwight D. Eisenhower Locomotive #60008

Date: 1964
Description: Color postcard of a green customized locomotive. Text on reverse reads: "Famous Dwight D. Eisenhower Locomotive #60008. Built in London and N.E.R.R. in ...
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National Railroad Museum

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Description: Color postcard of the Sumter and Choctaw R.R., Mikado Type Locomotive, freight cars and Milwaukee Road caboose.
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National Railroad Museum

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Description: Color postcard of a yellow train car next to a yellow depot. Text on reverse reads: "National Railroad Museum Green Bay, Wisconsin Internationally famo...
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Geese, Trees and River

Date: 1979
Description: Geese and ducks on the shoreline and in the water, seen through trees. A paved road is in the foreground, and the far shoreline is wooded.
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Cotton House

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Description: Color postcard of Cotton House, a museum. An example of Jeffersonian architecture.
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Henry Baird Law Office

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Description: Color postcard of a small, white building with columns at the entrance. Text on reverse reads: "Henry Baird, first attorney, Territorial Attorney Genera...
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Fort Howard Military Hospital

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Description: A historic hospital, now a museum. Erected in 1816. Contains valuable collections of historic items of old Green Bay, including memorabilia of William Beau...
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Brown County Veteran's Memorial Arena

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Description: Color postcard of a domed sports and concert venue. A parking lot is in the front.
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Jean Nicolet Memorial

Date: 1951
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Near this spot the first white contact in the Northwest was made by Jean Nicolet at Red Banks in 1634. This memorial by Sidney Bedo...
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Alfred Lawson in Tractor Biplane

Date: 1917
Description: Alfred Lawson is seated in the rear compartment of a Lawson Tractor Biplane. The front compartment passenger is barely visible. A farm is in the distance.
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Lawson M.T.2 in Field

Date: 1917
Description: A Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2) is parked in a field. Several houses are visible in the background.
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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.
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 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 M.T.2 with Propeller Engaged

Date: 1918
Description: Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2) with the propeller engaged. A man is walking near the airplane's left wing, and the propeller and man are blurred. Location...
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Interested Spectators Watching a Flight at the Lawson Aviation Field

Date: 05 04 1918
Description: Fourteen children standing or lying down behind a barbed wire fence in a field, facing the camera. The postcard caption says they are watching an "MT2 for ...
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Lawson M.T.2

Date: 1918
Description: Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2) in a field. Left side profile view. Location is unknown but is probably Lawson Aviation Field in Green Bay.
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Crops in a Field

Date: 1968
Description: View of a field of crops at the Falls Canning Company. A barn with silos is in the background on the left.

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