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Fort Howard

Date: 1851
Description: A rare photograph of U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Fort Howard rowing a boat on the Fox River. Fort Howard, built in 1816, was the first in the chain of ...
Painting

Fort Howard dans La Grand Baie Verte (Ouisconsin)

Date: 1842
Description: This hand-colored lithograph of the second Fort Howard, with Indians canoeing on the Fox River, shows the hospital built 1834-1835 outside the stockade on ...
Photograph

Coal Yards Along the Fox River

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of ships sailing up the Fox River alongside the coal yards located in Green Bay.
Photograph

Coal Yards

Date: 1920
Description: View from grassy shoreline towards the coal yards on the opposite shoreline. Buildings are in the distance.
Photograph

East River from Pine Street

Date: 1920
Description: View of the East River seen from the east end of Pine Street.
Photograph

Fort Howard and Soldiers in a Boat

Date: 1851
Description: View of five soldiers rowing in a boat, beside a dock, with another soldier standing on the dock. The fort is in the background, complete with the fortifie...
Drawing

Fort Howard

Date: 1851
Description: Several men rowing in a boat near Fort Howard that has an American Flag, barracks, and various related military buildings enclosed behind a wall.
Photograph

Fox River

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view over rooftops towards the Fox River looking south, with factories and a smokestack in the foreground.
Photograph

Fox River

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Description: Elevated view of the Fox River. A bridge is in the distance.
Photograph

Fox River

Date: 1920
Description: View of the Fox River. The Green Bay Drop Forge Company are on the left, and the Reiss coal yard is in the distance in the center.
Photograph

Fox and East River Confluence

Date: 1920
Description: View of the Fox and East River confluence. On the right is the Northern Paper Mill, and a coal yard is to the left.
Photograph

Fox River

Date: 1927
Description: View down hill towards the Fox River from the Eleazer Williams home. A group of people are automobiles are near a road near the shoreline.
Photograph

Fox River

Date: 1910
Description: Slightly elevated view of the Fox River, with a bridge and ship in the river.
Photograph

Harbor and Docks

Date: 1850
Description: Elevated view of the Green Bay harbor and docks.
Photograph

Hoberg Paper and Fibre Company

Date: 1920
Description: Hoberg Paper and Fibre Company buildings along the East River. Ice is on the river in the foreground.
Photograph

Main Street Bridge above the Fox River

Date: 1927
Description: Main Street Bridge raised to let boats pass through the locks on the Fox River.
Photograph

Main Street Bridge

Date: 
Description: Main Street Bridge. There is a boat in the right foreground, and buildings are along the far shoreline.
Photograph

Northern Paper Mills from the Fox River

Date: 1910
Description: Northern Paper Mills' chimney, water towers, buildings, and lumber yard, seen from the Fox River.
Photograph

Northern Paper Mills

Date: 1910
Description: Chimney and water towers at Northern Paper Mills, also a cargo ship called the Yorkton, which carries lumber to the paper mill.
Photograph

Northern Transportation Company

Date: 1920
Description: A small cruise ship is anchored in front of Northern Transportation Company's office building along the Fox River.

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