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Children Throwing Snowballs

Date: 1939
Description: Winter scene with children throwing snowballs outdoors. The children are wearing hats and coats. There are trees and the roofs of houses in the background.
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Ice Carnival Skaters

Date: 02 19 1940
Description: A couple, most likely Gerda Wank with Joe Puccetti, in the middle of an ice skating exhibition. A crowd of children and adults is watching from a snowbank ...
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Ice Carnival Skaters

Date: 02 11 1941
Description: A couple, most likely Gerda Wank with Joe Puccetti, in the middle of an ice skating exhibition. The man is holding the woman almost parallel to the ice whi...
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Man Driving Bulldozer

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Description: A man is sitting at the wheel of a gas powered bulldozer. In the background are equipment, supplies, and a truck with the "US Dept of Agriculture / Farm Se...
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Tractor Clearing Snow from Ice Rink

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Description: Winter scene with a tractor outfitted with a rotating brush device clearing snow from a fenced-in ice rink with overhead lights.
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Group of Peole Walking Near Greendale VIllage Hall

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Description: Men and women walking on sidewalk in front of a brick commercial building. The Greendale Village Hall is in the background and snow is on the ground.
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Children Exiting "Communty Building"

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Description: A group of children exiting the brick Community Building. Two sculptures flank the sign above the entrance. There is a thick layer of snow on the ground an...
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Pile of Metal Drums

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Description: A pile of metal drums sits in the snow next to corner of brick building. One of the drums has the words "Hello Neighbor" painted on it. Residential housing...
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Village Hall in Winter

Date: 1938
Description: Two adults looking at the Greendale Village Hall with clock tower across an expanse of snow.
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Ice Fishing on Salmo Pond

Date: 01 1954
Description: Three people ice fishing on Salmo Pond near Black Earth.
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Ice Fishing on Salmo Pond

Date: 01 1954
Description: Harvey Gifford, of 2541 East Johnson Street in Madison, chops a hole in the ice on Salmo Pond near Back Earth in preparation for ice fishing, where he thin...
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Ice Fishing on Salmo Pond

Date: 01 1954
Description: Kenneth Kruse, a Madison policeman living at 5009 Flambeau Road, and his son Billy wait patiently for a nibble while ice fishing on Salmo Pond near Black E...
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Ice Fishing on Salmo Pond

Date: 01 1954
Description: Fisherman Walter Meske of Watertown holds up a fish he caught while ice fishing on Salmo Pond near Black Earth.
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Madison Speed Skating Champs

Date: 01 29 1956
Description: Group portrait of the winners in the boys division of the speed skating championship races at Vilas Park. Front row, left to right: Mike Bailey, Jim Sperli...
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Blackhawk Ski Club Jumping Tournament

Date: 02 03 1956
Description: Moritz Schorr spreads cinders on the slippery steps of the ski jump scaffold during the Blackhawk Ski Club's annual jumping tournament at their Tomahawk Ri...
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Portrait of Sid with Camera

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Description: Portrait of Sid with an 8x10 view camera in front of a building in the winter. Sid is wearing a coat and a dark cloth over his shoulder and holding an 8x10...

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