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SIGNED LINCOLN PHOTO SOLD IN COLLECTION PHOTO WILL STAY IN GREEN BAY AREA AS GROUP SEEKS TO RAISE $1.2 MILLION TO COMPLETE PURCHASE OF HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS.(LOCAL)

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From: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
Date: 20061216
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Byline: EMILY FREDRIX Associated Press

The Brown County Library has sold a collection including a rare autographed photograph of President Lincoln for $1.2 million to a local historical society.

The Green Bay-De Pere Antiquarian Society has one year to raise the money, according to the agreement the library announced Thursday.

The items, including letters signed by presidents Jefferson, John Adams and Madison, original oil paintings by artist Howard Pyle and Persian rugs, had been in storage for several years because the library could not properly maintain them, said ...

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