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Woman with Axe

Date: 1920
Description: A smiling woman holding an axe holding a pose while chopping wood.
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Winter Street Scene

Date: 1899
Description: Winter scene of two men standing on a snowy street with the Wisconsin State Capitol visible in the background. They are holding snow shovels.
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Ingeborg Sidwell

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Ingeborg Sidwell wearing a patterned scarf, tied under her chin, a dark coat and eyeglasses. In 1943, she was working at the Wis...
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Blackhawk Ski Club Jumping Tournament

Date: 02 03 1956
Description: Hill captain Werner Schorr smooths snow near the base of the ski jump scaffold during the Blackhawk Ski Club's annual jumping tournament at their Tomahawk ...
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Ice Harvesting Machine

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Description: A man stands near an ice harvesting machine on a lake. A label on the machine reads: "Wisconsin." There is open water behind him, and in the far background...
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Conklin Ice House

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Description: Conklin Ice House on Lake Mendota. A man is standing in the snow-covered yard in the foreground near a sleigh, and a carriage with a sign painted on the si...
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Harvesting Ice

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Description: View across ice towards a group of men, employees of the Conklin Ice House, which is in the distance, guiding horses pulling ice cutters. The horses are we...
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Harvesting Ice on Lake Mendota

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Description: View across ice on Lake Mendota towards men using long poles to maneuver ice up to the conveyor belt to the Conklin Ice House.
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Art the Window Washer

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Description: A window washer named Art holding a cigarette and posing with his squeegee. He was a familiar sight on State Street.

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