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St. Paul Ice Carnival, Ice Palace

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Description: St. Paul Ice Carnival. Main entrance and central tower of ice palace. One person is walking in the foreground, and another person is standing under the ent...
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George Washington Crossing the Delaware

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Description: Engraving of George Washington and his troops rowing across an icy Delaware River to attack the British, from the painting by E. Leutze.
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Snowstorm over Harbor

Date: 09 27 1942
Description: Labeled as a "freak" snowstorm. A boathouse takes up the majority of the image, with a flag flying over the boathouse. The lake is not frozen, but ice and...
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Armory on Langdon Street

Date: 1916
Description: Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) at University of Wisconsin-Madison during a spring sleet storm. The trees in front of the building are coated in ice. A pedestr...
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Lodi Curling Club

Date: 12 01 1951
Description: Group portrait of men at the Reynolds rink of Lodi, taken at the annual Midwest Curling Association bonspiel held in Madison. Pictured are, left to right i...
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Madison Toories Curling Auxilary

Date: 12 03 1951
Description: Esther Onstad releases the "stone" on the curling court. Onstad is a member of the Madison Toories, a women's curling group.
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Madison Toories Curling Auxilary

Date: 12 03 1951
Description: Marion Cottrell, left, and Mildred Solheim, right, holding brooms on the curling rink. The women are "skips" for opposing teams of the Madison Toories, a w...
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Laurie Carlson Rink

Date: 11 26 1956
Description: Laurie Carlson, skip; William Marling Jr., Byron Ostby, and John Anderson are members of the Laurie Carlson rink, who won the first event in the finals of ...
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West High School Fred Nelson Curling Rink Team

Date: 03 12 1958
Description: Five teen boys from the West High School Fred Nelson Curling Rink team posing with brooms. Shown in the front row are Don Lautz and Rick Wheeler. In the ba...
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Sledding

Date: 1924
Description: Two children, possibly Barbara, left, and Philip Brumder posing with a sled on the ice of Pine Lake. The children are dressed in similar outfits of stockin...
Postcard

Opening of Navigation Season

Date: 06 14 1947
Description: Text on front reads: "Opening of Navigation Season, First Giant Freighters Entering Ship Canal and Duluth-Superior Harbor." On reverse: "The navigation sea...

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