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Ice Slide at Truax Field

Date: 02 23 1950
Description: Children play on an ice slide created by two residents of the barracks apartments at Truax Field. A swing set is in the background.
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Ice Fishing on Green Bay

Date: 1918
Description: Two men holding large fish pose near an ice fishing shanty off of Fish Creek. Another man stands behind them. There is man on an iceboat in the left backgr...
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Ice Fishing on Green Bay

Date: 1918
Description: Four men, three holding large fish, pose near an ice fishing shanty off of Fish Creek. Some of their gear is on the ice.
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Polar Bear Club

Date: 01 01 1997
Description: "This and the following pages show the 'Polar Bear Club' ready for a swim at Port Washington on New Year's Day. Lucky for them, temperatures were in the lo...
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Obey House in Wausau

Date: 01 1969
Description: The Obey family walking in the snow at their house located at 515 N. 9th Avenue in Wausau; a casual portrait taken for David Obey's first campaign for Cong...
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Champion Curler Steve Brown

Date: 1985
Description: Steve Brown of Madison crouching on ice and holding a curling stone. He wears sweater with a patch that reads: "U.S. Men's National Curling Championship, M...
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Steve Meleski Ice Fishing

Date: 01 23 1957
Description: Steve Meleski kneeling near his ice fishing hole at Thunder lake. Other people are fishing on the lake behind him. The shoreline is wooded, and there are b...
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Ice Fishing Trio

Date: 01 23 1957
Description: Lee Jameson, Walter Jameson, and Jim Stern clearing an ice fishing hole in Thunder Lake.
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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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Scout in Snow

Date: 1970
Description: Blue Scout being driven through deep snow. There may be a frozen lake in the background.
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Man Posing on Ice Covered Bicycle

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Description: A man, wearing a fur coat, galoshes, a hat, and goggles is pretending to ride a bicycle that is covered by icicles. The bicycle is parked outdoors along th...
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Relaxing on Frozen Lake Mendota

Date: 01 02 1979
Description: A young man is enjoying an Old Milwaukee beer while sitting in a broken armchair on frozen Lake Mendota.
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Mary Taylor Oiyotte

Date: 1969
Description: Snapshot of Mary Taylor Oiyotte standing outdoors in the snow. She is wearing a flowered dress and red sweater. Behind her is a snowbank and the windows of...
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Mary Taylor Oiyotte

Date: 1969
Description: Snapshot of Mary Taylor Oiyotte wearing a flowered dress and red sweater. Behind her is a snowbank and the windows of a white dwelling with red and white a...
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Woman Curling

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Description: A woman is leaning over the ice preparing to deliver the stone in a curling game. She is holding a broom in her left hand and the stone in her right.
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Ice Boating

Date: 1906
Description: A man is bending forward near the mast of an iceboat as another man, wearing goggles, is standing to the left. There is a second iceboat on the right. A sm...
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Ice Boating

Date: 1906
Description: Two unidentified men posing with an iceboat on Pine Lake. The man sitting on the left is wearing goggles. "Reliance" is stenciled on the fore portion of th...
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Kite Ice Skating

Date: 1933
Description: Philip George Brumder, wearing knickers, a long belted jacket and ice skates, is holding a large kite while skating on Pine Lake.
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Skating at the Winter Club

Date: 01 05 1912
Description: The Holt children are skating in a line at an ice rink. The girls are holding fur hand warmers. There is a toboggan slide in the background. Names from lef...
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Cold Vigil

Date: 1976
Description: A woman wearing a hat and a plaid scarf over her head is ice fishing in Governor Dodge State Park. She is sitting on a bucket with her feet on a board.

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