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Automobile Accident

Date: 11 30 1934
Description: View across street towards a group of people looking at the automobile driven by W.B. Peterson which climbed the concrete abutment guarding a safety island...
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Car Stuck in Snow

Date: 01 04 1952
Description: Winter scene with George Schneider and Roy Staley attempting to push a car stuck in the snow away from a curb on the Capitol Square.
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Service Truck Stuck in the Snow

Date: 1927
Description: A rural electric service man stuck in the snow while making his rounds during the winter of 1926-1927 despite the fact that his Ford truck was mounted on r...
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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: 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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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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Man in Snowstorm

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Description: From a doorway framing the scene, a man is standing and waving in a yard during a snowstorm. Behind him an automobile is parked in a garage.
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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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Men with International C-1 Truck

Date: 1935
Description: Two men stand near the rear of an International C-1 truck recently delivered to a Puget Sound Light and Power Company branch. Piles of wire and other equip...
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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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Winter Snow Storm

Date: 12 07 1950
Description: Winter scene with a man and two children navigating the snowy sidewalk on East Main Street on the Capitol Square after a winter storm that dropped eight in...
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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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Man Driving International Truck In Snow Storm

Date: 1915
Description: Man driving an International Model E truck in a snow storm. The truck was operated by the National Aluminum Works.
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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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Rural Mail Carrier

Date: 02 03 1978
Description: Winter scene with mail carrier in car putting mail in a mailbox. "Ralph Koll, Rural Mail Carrier. Somewhere in this monstrous snow drift is Helen Moldenha...
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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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Ice Storm Aftermath

Date: 03 1975
Description: "Crews begin the cleanup after the ice storm."
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Railroad Man Standing Atop Snow-Bound Train

Date: 02 13 1946
Description: Railroad man standing on top of train of snow-bound freight cars.

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