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Woman Pumping Water from Farm Well

Date: 04 1923
Description: A bundled-up woman hand pumps water from a well into a pail. The ground is covered with ice and snow. Two cars and a farmhouse are in the background.
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Woman Carrying Water to Farmhouse

Date: 04 1923
Description: Woman carrying a bucket of water back to her farmhouse in winter.
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Boy Scouts Klondike Derby

Date: 01 13 1952
Description: Three boy scouts prepare soup over a campfire during the Boy Scout Klondike Derby at Glenway Golf Course.
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Cranberry Cooking

Date: 02 1989
Description: Outdoor gathering of men, women and children cooking cranberries in a large kettle, perhaps at a winter festival.
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Yahara Fisherman's Club Percharee

Date: 02 20 1960
Description: A Madison couple, Karen and Larry Slotta, solved the babysitting problem at the Yahara Fisherman's Club Percharee on Lake Mendota. They put their 7 1/2 mon...
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Crowd Has Fun in the Rain at the Dane County Junior Fair

Date: 07 21 1961
Description: A little girl beats the rain in her raincoat while eating goodies at the Dane County Junior Fair.
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End of the Ice Fishing Season

Date: 03 08 2015
Description: View from rocks shoreline of people walking or fishing on the snow- and ice-covered lake near a red ice fishing hut. Other fishing huts are in the distance...
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Break while Snowmobiling

Date: 03 1978
Description: A family of five are outdoors standing around or sitting on their two snowmobiles as they take a break to drink and eat.
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Hungry Children in Lodz

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Description: Hungry children receiving Zwieback (crisp bread) from a warm-hearted Red Cross in Lodz, in order to partially relieve their hunger.
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Life is a Breeze

Date: 02 17 1981
Description: Overhead view of a man hanging clothes on a clothesline, while holding a clothespin in his mouth. Snow is on the ground. Caption reads: "LIFE IS A BREEZE —...
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Camp Sidney Cohen Family Campout

Date: 02 1959
Description: Two men cooking food wrapped in foil on a grate over a fire outdoors. One man's sleeve has a patch that reads: "Family Camping, MFCA Milwaukee." A child is...
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Deer Friend

Date: 1950
Description: A deer is standing next to a man as he is boiling maple sap over a fire pit in the woods at Blue Farm. Steam and smoke are rising up into the air. On the r...
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Sleigh Ride to Lakewood — At Gillett

Date: 02 03 1912
Description: On the way to Lakewood, the horse-drawn sleigh stops in Gillett for a picnic lunch. Caption reads: "Mr. Chase, Miss Stuart, Miss Le Tourneaux (sp?), Mrs. W...
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Cold Cream

Date: 01 1977
Description: Close-up of a child in a knitted balaclava and mittens licking an ice cream cone.

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