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| Date: | 11 20 1959 |
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| Description: | Frazzle ice (snow floating in water) on the Mississippi River near Alma. |
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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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| Description: | Several men and a horse-drawn sled harvesting Mississippi River ice. Alma, Wisconsin is visible in the background. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | A view from a hill overlooking the town of Alma, on the banks of the Mississippi River, which is frozen. Several churches and residential houses are visibl... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of ice on the river beginning to break up. There is a piece of wood with a rope attached sticking out of the river bed. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | The iceboat was built by the Ranke boys. There are about forty-nine people posing in front of the boat. Almost everyone is wearing ice skates. Names: Fred ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A boathouse, boat and pier on the frozen shoreline of the Mississippi River. More buildings appear in the background, a snow covered tree on the left and a... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | People ice fishing on the frozen Mississippi River. Hills can be seen on the shoreline in the background. |
| Date: | 12 1976 |
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| Description: | Towboat pushing barges through ice on the Mississippi River as winter closes shipping traffic. Elevated view shows broken ice surrounding the barges, creat... |
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