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Eskimos Catching Crabs

Date: 1930
Description: Wenga and Amutuk catching crabs in the Arctic.
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Lumber Camp Employees and Lumber

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Description: Wisconsin Land & Lumber Company Camp 15. Lumberjacks posed atop a sled load of logs, scaled at 13,562 board feet of lumber.
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Loggers Posing on Railroad Tracks

Date: 1896
Description: Loggers posing on narrow-gauge railroad tracks with a railroad velocipede and cant hook near Saddle Mound, a large hill that dominates the local area in Ja...
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Monthly Market Fair

Date: 1908
Description: Elevated view of farmer's wagons, teams, and pedestrian traffic crowd Princeton's main street for the monthly market fair. Some snow is on the ground and a...
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Farm and Rural Homestead

Date: 1890
Description: Bucolic scene in Wisconsin illustrates agricultural prosperity after the depression.
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State Street Winter Scene

Date: 1936
Description: Winter scene with people walking in the snow past a lamppost down State and Henry Streets, Madison, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the backgr...
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Iceboats

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Description: Iceboats at Williams Bay on Lake Geneva.
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People on Sled

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Description: Elevated view of a group of people posing on and around horse-drawn sleds. There is a man on the porch of the building in the background.
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Ice Fishing on Lake Superior

Date: 1942
Description: Two men and two boys standing on ice in front of a windsled. All four are holding lake trout.
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Windsled "Hurricane Hazel"

Date: 1946
Description: Windsled "Hurricane Hazel" on Chequamegon. One man is sitting in the windsled, Another man is standing on the ice.
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The Dream Sled

Date: 1955
Description: This was the first boat & sled-type wind sled built on Madeline Island. Built by Elmer Nelson for Howard Russell between 1950-1951. Had a 9-cylinder R-680-...
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Boat-Type Windsled

Date: 1957
Description: A boat-type windsled on frozen Lake Superior.
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Testing an IH Military Truck

Date: 1941
Description: Man testing an International military M-2-4 4x4 truck on a snow-covered hill.
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Howard Russell and Dog Team

Date: 1920
Description: Howard Russell with dog team bringing the mail to La Pointe.
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Dog Drawn Traino

Date: 1930
Description: Howard Russell standing next to his dog team pulling the "Traino." Russell and the team are ready to leave Madeline Island with the U.S. Mail.
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Milwaukee Snowstorm

Date: 1917
Description: Winter scene with a pedestrian holding an umbrella during a snowstorm, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Phoenix Log Hauler

Date: 1914
Description: Steam log hauler made by Phoenix Manufacturing Company of Eau Claire, pulling loaded skids through snow. Rice Lake lumber camp, overland spur.
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American Shipbuilding Company

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Description: A man is standing in front of huge blocks of ice at the American Shipbuilding Company. The ship "War Otter" is in the background. A large chunk of ice tied...
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Delivery Man with International D-2 Truck

Date: 1938
Description: Employee of the Elmwood Food Shoppe making a home delivery with his International D-2 truck.
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International Scout outside WVLR Radio Station

Date: 1965
Description: Station manager Ron Nicols and an International Scout truck with plow outside Wisconsin's Very Live Radio station headquarters. WVLR shared quarters with C...

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