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St. Paul Ice Carnival, View up Ice Palace Tower

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Description: St. Paul Ice Carnival, looking straight up through the main tower of the ice palace.
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Cook with Ice Sculpture

Date: 04 07 1933
Description: Ottoman Parrhysius, cold meat cook at the Loraine Hotel, posing with a parrot ice sculpture that he created.
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Thora Thorbergson Posing on Block of Ice

Date: 11 17 1932
Description: Thora Thorbergson, "mermaid" from Iceland, a Fanchon & Marco showgirl, posing in a swimming suit on a block of ice.
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Curling Clubhouse

Date: 02 01 1930
Description: Interior view of curling clubhouse.
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Madison Toories

Date: 02 18 1953
Description: Members of the Madison Toories, the women's auxilliary of the Madison Curling Club, pose with their brooms and stones. Left to right: Frances Sanford, Char...
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Curling Match

Date: 1956
Description: Curlers sweep in front of a stone during a curling match.
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Wellman and Quilty Curling Rinks

Date: 01 18 1948
Description: Members of the winning rinks in the intra-club bonspiel, are, standing, the Wellman Rink: left to right, Walter Wellman, Jim Cottrell, Dr. L. F. Fundell, a...
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Hailstones

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Description: Round hailstones piled on a saucer with either grape or cherry tomatoes, or perhaps eggs, placed next to them for size comparison. A newspaper is under the...
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Madison Skating Club

Date: 01 17 1950
Description: Dorothy Bell, a member of the Madison Skating Club's Junior Club, is shown spinning while wearing a skirted skating costume at their indoor rink at Truax F...
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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: Mrs. Stephen Resan of Route 1 (left) and Agnes Gurney "sweep a stone" on a curling rink. The women are members of the Madison Toories, a women's curling gr...
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Bill Owens Curling Rink of Portage

Date: 01 04 1952
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Bill Owens and Mr. and Mrs. William Mohr, members of the Bill Owens curling rink of Portage, posing at the second annual mixed bonspiel sponso...
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John Rogers Curling Rink of Portage

Date: 01 04 1952
Description: Mr. and Mrs. John Rogers and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kimball, members of the John Rogers curling rink of Portage, posing at the second annual mixed bonspiel spo...
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Deane Woody Curling Rink of Madison

Date: 01 04 1952
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Deane Woody and Mr. and Mrs. D.B. Sanford, members of the Deane Woody curling rink of Madison, posing at the second annual mixed bonspiel spon...
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H.T. Ferguson with a Curling Stone

Date: 01 19 1952
Description: H.T. Ferguson, veteran Madison curler, squatting with his hand on the curling stone handle, about to propel it. He is wearing a tam on his head. The club b...
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Madison Skating Club Activities

Date: 02 05 1952
Description: Madison Skating Club president, Harold A. Balsley of 4025 Birch Avenue, executes a complicated figure skating spin at the club's ice rink at Truax Field.
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Madison Skating Club Activities

Date: 02 05 1952
Description: The junior skaters of the Madison Skating Club learn various figure skating maneuvers at the club's ice rink at Truax Field. Pictured are Tommy Doran, son ...
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Madison Skating Club Activities

Date: 02 04 1952
Description: Mrs. Alan (Jesse) Nelson, 1 South Owen Drive, is one of the leading members of the Madison Skating Club and is the current program chairman of the group an...
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Madison Skating Club Activities

Date: 02 05 1952
Description: Mr. and Mrs. B. Arden and Irene Taylor, 407 West Dean Avenue, are proficient figure skaters who help in the instruction of beginning skaters and youngsters...

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