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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Charcoal kiln in an overgrown field. Producing charcoal was once a fairly large industry in De Pere. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Charcoal kiln in ruins in a field beyond a fence, with electric power lines in the background. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of ships sailing up the Fox River alongside the coal yards located in Green Bay. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View from grassy shoreline towards the coal yards on the opposite shoreline. Buildings are in the distance. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Conklin & Sons coal yard at 614 West Main Street. The coal yard was next to railroad tracks and sold coal, wood, and ice. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards the coal docks on the right, with several ships in the harbor. Caption reads: "Coal Docks, Capacity 100,000 Tons, Two Rivers, W... |
| Date: | 01 08 1958 |
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| Description: | View of Two Rivers Harbor from shoreline towards Lake Michigan. Snow is on the ground, and a fence made of thick posts and cable is along the shoreline on ... |
| Date: | 12 16 1957 |
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| Description: | View across water, with cranes among piles of coal along the right, and among piles of other materials on the left. Smoke is in the distance on the right, ... |
| Date: | 12 17 1957 |
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| Description: | View of icy Lake Michigan from Ogden Street Bridge. There are piles of coal on the left and right, and what may be a jetty in the far distance. |
| Date: | 12 20 1957 |
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| Description: | View across harbor from small boat ramp towards far shoreline. On the far shoreline is industrial machinery, piles of coal, and other buildings. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster with blue and red text. Text reads: "Cut-A-Cord. Wisconsin must cut more wood for next winter's fuel. Coal is scarce and getting scarcer. More and m... |
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