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Iceboats

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Description: Iceboats at Williams Bay on Lake Geneva.
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Patience and Fortitude

Date: 1960
Description: Man and boy in silhouette ice fishing on Lake Winnebago.
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Modern Windsled

Date: 05 1954
Description: Windsled used to transport passengers and goods between Madeline Island and Bayfield. This image was in Ross' book, "La Pointe: Village Outpost".
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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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The Dream Sled

Date: 1953
Description: This was the first boat & sled-type windsled built on Madeline Island. Built by Elmer Nelson for Howard Russell between 1950-1951. Had a 9-cylinder R-680-E...
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Boat-Type Windsled

Date: 1957
Description: A boat-type windsled on frozen Lake Superior.
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Ski-Type Windsled

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Description: Enclosed wooden box windsled mounted on three skis, sitting on lake ice near the shore.
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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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Madison Shoreline from Lake Monona

Date: 12 18 1955
Description: Downtown Madison lakeshore taken from Lake Monona in line with South Pinckney Street. Includes St. Raphael's steeple, 1 West Wilson Street state office bui...
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Man "Para-Kiting" behind International Scout

Date: 1963
Description: Morris Hults, 39, of Churubusco, Indiana, "para-kiting" behind International 4x4 Scout pickup on an ice and snow-covered Blue Lake, near his hometown.
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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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Lake Monona

Date: 03 01 1937
Description: View of frozen Lake Monona from the fifth floor window of the Cardinal Hotel. Shows the "Monona Community Assn. Inc./Lake Sports Promotion!" building, incl...
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Ice Shanty on Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1898
Description: A boy dressed in knickers clears the ice in preparation to fish next to his family's ice shanty.
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Snow-Covered Skating Pond

Date: 1895
Description: Winter scene of the skating pond at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Town on Mississippi River in Winter

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Description: View across the Mississippi River showing a town located on a bluff, possibly Fountain City and Eagle Bluff, covered with snow.
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Harvesting Ice on Mississippi River

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Description: Several men and a horse-drawn sled harvesting Mississippi River ice. Alma, Wisconsin is visible in the background.
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Riverbank in Winter

Date: 1911
Description: Winter scene, probably along the Wisconsin River, possibly near Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Gre...
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Dam and Pond at Taliesin

Date: 1911
Description: The dam and pond at Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright dammed a small stream on the property to create the pond and to ensure water could be ...

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