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Aerial View of City Stadium

Date: 
Description: Aerial view of City Stadium, former home of the Green Bay Packers from 1925 to 1956. Currently it is the home of the Green Bay East High School football te...
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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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St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum

Date: 11 10 1905
Description: A group of people are in a motorboat, named "Quo Vadis,, in the lake in front of St. Joseph's orphan asylum. Caption reads: "St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, Gr...
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Tank Cottage

Date: 1907
Description: View across water toward the Tank Cottage. Caption reads: "The Historic Tank Cottage — over 100 years old — Green Bay, Wis."
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Roi-Porlier-Tank Cottage

Date: 1930
Description: The Roi-Porlier-Tank Cottage with trees scattered about, and a low, stone wall in the front. The caption accompanying this image reads as follows: "Tank Co...
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Washington Street Looking North

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Description: Elevated view looking north at Washington Street with cable cars. Caption reads: "Washington Street, Looking North, Green Bay, Wis."
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Motel with Swimming Pool

Date: 1965
Description: The Valley Motel and Colonial Restaurant at the intersection of Highways 41 and 29. This motel boasts that it has a large lighted swimming pool as well as ...
Document

Letter to "Packer Backers"

Date: 04 1953
Description: A letter form Green Bay Packers president Russ Bogda addressed "Dear Packer Backer."
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Greetings from Green Bay, Wisconsin

Date: 1957
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...
Print

Neese, Kustermann & Root Billhead

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Description: Billhead of Neese, Kustermann & Root of Green Bay, Wisconsin, stationers, printers, book-binders, and dealers in musical instruments and sewing machines. T...
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Menominee War Dance

Date: 1842
Description: Menominee war dance, as depicted by Francois, Comte de Castelnau, a French naturalist and diplomat who visited Green Bay, Wisconsin about 1838. This detail...
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"It's a Lawson"

Date: 1917
Description: Four views of the Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2). Two views are of the Lawson parked on the ground and two views show the Lawson flying in the air. In the...
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Lawson M.T.2 in Field

Date: 1917
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2) in a field. In the background an automobile is parked near a building.
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...
Book or Pamphlet

It's a Lawson, Page Three

Date: 1917
Description: Third page of a four-page pamphlet advertising the Lawson Aircraft Corporation. Includes an image of the Lawson Military Tractor Biplane (M.T. One) flying,...
Book or Pamphlet

The Roots of the Oak, Page Two

Date: 1917
Description: Second page of a four-page pamphlet advertising the Lawson Aircraft Corporation. Includes a biography of Alfred Lawson and a photograph of him.
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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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Pavilion and Bath House, Bay View Beach

Date: 1918
Description: The pavilion and bath house at Bay View Beach. Bathers are walking in the shallow water in the foreground. Caption reads: "Pavilion and Bath House, Bay Vie...
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State Reformatory

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Description: View across road towards the gray stone reformatory. Caption reads: "State Reformatory, Green Bay, Wis."
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City Hall, Green Bay

Date: 1912
Description: View from street towards the old city hall. The building is of brick and stone, with columns above the arched entrance. Caption reads: "City Hall, Green Ba...

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