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Cold Cream

Date: 01 1977
Description: Close-up of a child in a knitted balaclava and mittens licking an ice cream cone.
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Mississippi Mosaic

Date: 12 1976
Description: Towboat pushing barges through ice on the Mississippi River as winter closes shipping traffic. Elevated view shows broken ice surrounding the barges, creat...
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Out-of-Season

Date: 02 1976
Description: Picnic tables are propped against tall pine trees in snowy Marathon Park. The sun is sending rays of sunshine streaming through the trees.
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Precarious Perch

Date: 1978
Description: A girl is riding her bike through a puddle created by melting snow. She is holding her feet up off the pedals, away from the splashing water.
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Spectators' Sport

Date: 1978
Description: Boys playing cards in the stands at a basketball game.
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Tourists

Date: 07 1976
Description: Rear view of a group of tourists at Old World Wisconsin viewing a barn and other farm buildings.
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Spring Release

Date: 1976
Description: A boy flying a diamond-shaped kite in a grassy field.
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Bunny Hop

Date: 1978
Description: A man is walking his rabbit on a leash at the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union Terrace.
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Vacation Fleet

Date: 06 1978
Description: Elevated view of boats moored to a dock at a marina on the Mississippi River in early summer make an interesting pattern. There is a person walking on the ...
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Penny-A-Point

Date: 1978
Description: A group of senior citizens, all men, playing cards at a picnic table in an outdoor setting.
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Field Marshall

Date: 1978
Description: Red-winged blackbird perching on a fence post in a patch of wild flowering plants.
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Party Crasher

Date: 1978
Description: A raccoon is clinging to the protective grillwork of a screen door, peering into a house.
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Out for the Season

Date: 1978
Description: A young man is sitting on a football in the grass with his head down resting on his arms which are crossed over his knees.
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Friendly Greeting

Date: 08 1975
Description: A teacher welcoming a kindergarten child on his first day of school with Mom adding moral support. The classroom is in Pewaukee Elementary School.
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Harvest's End

Date: 1978
Description: A vegetable seller waiting with her produce behind an old stove.
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Wisconsin Pioneer

Date: 1978
Description: An older woman is splitting wood on a farm. She is wearing a dress and apron.
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Christmas is Coming

Date: 11 1976
Description: A city worker putting up holiday decorations on a light pole using a telescopic forklift.
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For the Birds

Date: 01 1977
Description: Dried sunflowers along a barbed wire fence in a field of snow.

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