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Conklin Ice House

Date: 1912
Description: Men harvesting ice at the Conklin Ice House on Lake Mendota. The men are using pike poles to slide the blocks to the conveyor and U-shaped tools to split p...
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Arnold Zander Making Slush for Ice Skating Rink Border

Date: 01 15 1946
Description: Arnold S. Zander making slush for ice skating rink border at 175 Virginia Terrace.
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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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Lamp House

Date: 1912
Description: The Robert Lamp house, 22 North Butler Street, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, architect. A man wearing a coat and hat is standing at the front right corne...
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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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Madison Snowstorm

Date: 01 30 1947
Description: Winter scene with Dave Brown (left), and Bill Pedder shoveling out cars parked on South Carroll Street on the Capitol Square, charging $1.50 and up.
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Madison Snowstorm

Date: 01 30 1947
Description: Winter scene of Robert Ernst, 207 West Washington Avenue, an airport weather communications employee, trying to shovel his car out of a snow drift.
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Men's Dormitories

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of dormitories under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Men are working in different areas on the site. Lake Mendota...
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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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Winter Snow Storm

Date: 12 07 1950
Description: A winter scene of a man clearing his car windshield of snow at the corner of South Carroll Street and West Wilson Street, Madison, Wisconsin, after a winte...
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Ice Fishing on Lake Mendota

Date: 01 19 1951
Description: Mike Wagner, age 77, is shown "loaded down" with ice fishing equipment on Lake Mendota.
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Washburn Observatory

Date: 1905
Description: The observatory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Seratoma Club Members Selling Brooms

Date: 11 13 1959
Description: Five members of the Madison Seratoma Club, including, left to right, William Rowland, William Murphy, Harold Hueschen, Ray Sweeney, and Wendall Ward, holdi...
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Blackhawk Ski Club Jump Preparation

Date: 02 06 1960
Description: Rolf Stendahl, Art Daggett, and Art's son Tom put finishing touches on the landing area of the Tomahawk Ridge jumping site.
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Construction of the Schoelkopf Automobile Dealership on E. Washington Avenue

Date: 1914
Description: View across street towards two men standing in front of the Schoelkopf dealership at 210 E. Washington Avenue as construction progresses on the three-story...
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Mazo Motor Company

Date: 12 20 1921
Description: View from street of the construction of the Mazo Motor Company, which sold and serviced Ford and Fordson vehicles. Standing in the snow in the right foregr...
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Unitarian Meeting House Construction

Date: 1950
Description: View from snowy ground of men working on the roof. In the foreground are stacks of wood on sawhorses.
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Unitarian Meeting House Construction

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of construction workers near a truss on the roof. In the foreground on the right another man is working around piles of snow and building mat...
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Unitarian Meeting House Construction

Date: 1950
Description: Construction workers are on the roof, and also working on a lower section of the church. Snow is on the ground.
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Unitarian Meeting House Construction

Date: 1950
Description: Slightly elevated view of constructions workers in the foreground working among trusses set up on workhorses on the ground. In the background is the church...

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