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Four Students Sledding on Bascom Hill

Date: 11 30 1944
Description: Four students sledding on Bascom Hill using a sled from 1838 which they borrowed from the Wisconsin Historical Society Museum. Seated from left: Joan Hamme...
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Anthony and Ritchie Purnell

Date: 12 12 1944
Description: Winter scene with Anthony and Ritchie Purnell, children of Mr. and Mrs. William Purnell, 112 Kensington Drive, sitting on their snow fort.
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Adams Children on Toboggan

Date: 12 12 1944
Description: Winter scene with the four children of Mr. and Mrs. Deane Adams, 843 Farwell Drive, Maple Bluff, on their toboggan. Left to right: Deane, Joan & Susan (twi...
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Soldier at Christmas in Hospital

Date: 12 21 1944
Description: Staff Sergeant Johnnie White celebrating Christmas at Truax Field hospital.
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Cities Service Oil Company Explosion

Date: 12 29 1944
Description: Man standing on bulk tanks at Cities Service Oil Company Plant, 815 East Main Street, where an explosion killed welder Harold Michelson.
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Edgewood Fence Along Wingra Drive

Date: 01 19 1945
Description: Edgewood fence along Wingra Drive entrance which had been opened to the public after closing by the Dominican Sisters of Edgewood Academy.
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Edgewood Fence Removal

Date: 01 19 1945
Description: Edgewood fence along Wingra Drive entrance, which had been opened to the public after closing by the Dominican Sisters of Edgewood Academy. Shown is the ro...
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Stephanie and Sydney Ann Fish

Date: 12 12 1944
Description: Sydney Ann, age 4, kneeling beside her baby sister, Stephanie, who is bundled into a sled. The girls are the children of Mr. & Mrs. John Warren Fish, 816 ...
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Wisconsin Historical Society Library Exterior

Date: 02 14 1945
Description: Historical Society Library, exterior view of the U-shaped space behind the building that will be used for expansion.
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Madison Snowstorm

Date: 03 02 1948
Description: View of the Capitol Square during the year's record snowstorm, taken from under the canopy of the Park Hotel showing the corner of South Carroll and West M...
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Ski Jump at Hoyt Park

Date: 01 22 1949
Description: New junior ski jump at Hoyt Park. The jump is thirty-five feet high and is estimated to allow up to sixty-foot jumps under ideal conditions.
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Ice Damage to Shoreline

Date: 03 16 1949
Description: Ice damage to boats along the shoreline of Lake Mendota at Warner Park.
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Blackhawk Ski Club Ski Jump

Date: 12 28 1949
Description: Front view of the jumping scaffold at the Blackhawk Ski Club ski jump at Tomahawk Ridge, located west of Middleton. Snow was carried up the ramp in bushel ...
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Blackhawk Ski Club Ski Jump

Date: 12 28 1949
Description: Three-quarter view towards the rear of the Blackhawk Ski Club ski jump at Tomahawk Ridge west of Middleton.
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Blackhawk Ski Club Ski Jump

Date: 12 28 1949
Description: Members of the Blackhawk Ski Club prepare the landing area at the club's ski jump at Tomahawk Ridge, located west of Middleton. From left are Jim Jardine, ...
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George Kaeser Residence

Date: 02 06 1950
Description: Exterior view of the George Kaeser residence, 5725 Old Middleton Road. The home features a Sauk City stone exterior and natural woods, linking the hillside...
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Abraham Lincoln Recognition

Date: 02 10 1950
Description: Rev. O.B. Ransopher of Wisconsin Rapids, president of the Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin, placed a wreath at the foot of the Abraham Lincoln statue in fro...
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Ice Slide at Truax Field

Date: 02 23 1950
Description: Children play on an ice slide created by two residents of the barracks apartments at Truax Field. A swing set is in the background.
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Perkins Sheet Metal Company

Date: 03 14 1950
Description: Exterior of Perkins Sheet Metal Company at 2803 University Avenue (University Avenue and Franklin Street). Lenox dealer.
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Christmas Seal Display

Date: 12 02 1950
Description: A group of girl scouts from Troop 99 of Bashford Methodist Church singing Christmas carols at a Christmas holiday display at a Madison law firm featuring t...

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