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Large Snowbank

Date: 03 04 1881
Description: Several people are standing on a large snow bank on 8th Street, looking north after the big snowstorm of 1881. Signs hanging over the sidewalk attached to ...
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View, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Date: 03 04 1881
Description: Winter scene from the corner of 7th Street after the "big snow" of 1881, Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
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Stranded Motorist

Date: 03 08 1961
Description: A winter scene with passers-by helping a stranded Madison motorist during a late winter blizzard.
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Madison Snowstorm

Date: 03 02 1948
Description: A winter scene of the Capitol Square during the year's record snowstorm. Pictured are Mrs. Francis (Mayme) Harrison, 304 West Main Street, with her two ch...
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Mother and Children with Sled in Front Yard

Date: 12 25 1910
Description: Winter scene with Alma Reinhardt Taylor and her children (from left) Frederick Taylor, Donna Taylor Adams, and Ellen Taylor Higgins. The children are posi...
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Plowing after Pittsburgh Snowstorm

Date: 1945
Description: International (or Farmall?) tractor with Trojan Vee-plow removing snow in Pittsburgh. Original caption reads: "In a recent big snow storm which snarled Pit...
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Harold Gauer and Robert Bloch in the Snow

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Description: Showing the effects of a large winter snow at Bloch's Maryland flat.
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Winter View of Town

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Description: View up snowy road of a small town among low hills. A man can be seen in the far distance near some storefronts.
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Cars Buried in Snow

Date: 1925
Description: Winter scene with three men standing beside parked cars that have been buried by snowfall and snowplow on Fourth Avenue, Baraboo, Wisconsin. The Sauk Count...
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Snow Storm

Date: 01 26 1978
Description: Winter scene with Kathy Thompson riding her snowmobile at the height of a snowstorm, through downtown Theresa, Wisconsin. "The village was victim of an ol...
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Snow Storm

Date: 01 26 1978
Description: Winter scene with young woman on a snowmobile in downtown Theresa, Wisconsin. "Kathy Thompson, daughter of Arty Thompson, rides a snowmobile during the he...
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Shoveling Snow

Date: 1959
Description: Winter scene of Shirley Widmer, the photographer's wife, digging out a snow-covered sidewalk. Caption: "Shirley Widmer digs out after a big snowstorm."
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Shoveling Snow

Date: 1959
Description: Winter scene with Shirley Widmer, the photographer's wife, shoveling snow after a big snowstorm.
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Snow Storm

Date: 12 1968
Description: Winter scene of a snowstorm in downtown Theresa. One person is crossing the unplowed street; another digs out the sidewalk in front of Arty's Tap Bar.
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Pedestrians in a Snowstorm

Date: 12 29 1954
Description: Winter scene with pedestrians standing on the sidewalk near a downtown street waiting for bus transportation in a snowstorm. Probably at Capitol Square.
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Snow, Slush and Pedestrians

Date: 03 05 1965
Description: People jumping over slush from a sidewalk to the street. Three inches of snow had fallen, adding up to 39 inches of water.
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Snowy Corner, Washington & S. 9th Streets

Date: 1922
Description: A covering of snow is clinging to buildings and vehicles on the corner of Washington and S. 9th Streets. Two men dressed in winter attire and professional-...
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After the Snowstorm

Date: 03 03 1881
Description: Stereograph of men standing on a cleared sidewalk in front of storefronts. Three men are standing on snowbanks along the curb. Several men are holding snow...
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Storm Puts City on Emergency Footing

Date: 03 07 1959
Description: A group of winter-weary pedestrians are shown picking their way over a massive hump of snow which was plowed up against the curb after a two-day storm brou...
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Great Snow Storm

Date: 03 04 1881
Description: Men posing sitting in snowbanks. A sign over the sidewalk along the left side reads: "Sheboygan Tribune." Written on back of stereograph: "Center St. looki...

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