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| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Man and boy in silhouette ice fishing on Lake Winnebago. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Couple canoeing under partly cloudy skies with sun dappling the water on Rainbow Lake, Chain O' Lakes. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View in winter from Lake Mendota of skaters near shoreline of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Science Hall and the Chemical Laboratory building... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a winter scene with a large group of people skating on the frozen Manitowoc River between the 8th and 10th Street bridges. A dog trots acr... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a large group of ice skaters at River Park. Some of the skaters are formed into a large circle. |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of the rock formation called the Devil's Doorway in Devil's Lake State Park. Trees can be seen to the right and below. The lake, bluffs ... |
| Date: | 08 20 1913 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of the rock formation called the Devil's Doorway in Devil's Lake State Park. Trees can be seen to the right and below. The lake, bluffs ... |
| Date: | 08 25 1903 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view across water towards people in boats on the lake in Decatur Park. It is evening and the moon is shining on the lake. Caption reads:... |
| 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: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of men fishing out of wooden rowboats on the Flambeau River below the flowage dam. One man is standing in the river. A shack is visible... |
| Date: | 01 1954 |
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| Description: | Three people ice fishing on Salmo Pond near Black Earth. |
| Date: | 01 1954 |
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| Description: | Harvey Gifford, of 2541 East Johnson Street in Madison, chops a hole in the ice on Salmo Pond near Back Earth in preparation for ice fishing, where he thin... |
| Date: | 01 1954 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Arthur Fecht, Highland, attaches bait to her line while ice fishing on Salmo Pond near Black Earth. |
| Date: | 01 1954 |
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| Description: | Kenneth Kruse, a Madison policeman living at 5009 Flambeau Road, and his son Billy wait patiently for a nibble while ice fishing on Salmo Pond near Black E... |
| Date: | 01 1954 |
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| 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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| Description: | View across ice towards the crews of ice yachts standing near their iceboats. There are seventeen or eighteen iceboats, and their are numbers on the sails. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of two men snowshoeing along a flowing stream near Trout Lake. |
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