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Winter View at King's Gateway Hotel

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Description: Five people are standing at a fence rail looking down at King's Gateway Hotel. Caption reads: "Winter View at King's Gateway Hotel from the Top of the Ski ...
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Sled and Skis in the Machine Shed

Date: 2003
Description: Sled and skis in the machine shed on the Quinney farm.
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Blackhawk Ski Club Ski Jump

Date: 12 28 1949
Description: Front view of the jumping scaffold at the Blackhawk Ski Club ski jump at Tomahawk Ridge, located west of Middleton. Snow was carried up the ramp in bushel ...
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Family in front of a Lodge

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Description: A family with skiing equipment stands in front of a lodge in winter. View features a large multi-story lodge with many windows and evergreen trees.
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Mount Valhalla Snow Jump

Date: 1935
Description: View from the top of a ski hill jump on Mount Valhalla near Washburn. Crowds of people line the edges of the ski jump area at the bottom of the hill.
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Ski Jumper

Date: 1986
Description: A skier, wearing #34, soars off of a jump with onlookers behind a fence below.
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Ski Jump Landing

Date: 1915
Description: Ski jumper eases to a stop with his legs splayed wide apart, and bent over forwards with their hands touching the ground for balance.
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U.S. Army Engineer Corps Topographer

Date: 1918
Description: Outdoor view of a U.S. Army Engineer topographer wearing skis while in the process of surveying land. The engineer is standing next to a barbed wire obstac...
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U.S. Army Engineer Corps Topographer

Date: 1918
Description: Outdoor view of a U.S. Army Engineer topographer wearing skis while using a tripod stand to write. The engineer is standing next to a barbed wire obstacle ...
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Skiers about to Ski Down Slope

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Description: Winter scene looking down a hill towards skiers about to ski on the Capital Mississippi Alps near La Crosse, Wisconsin. La Crosse is in the background, and...
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Skiing Down Mt. Ashwabay

Date: 02 01 1970
Description: A man is skiing down a snow-covered hill at Mt. Ashwabay Ski and Recreation Area.
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Ski Hill

Date: 11 1938
Description: View down hill towards skiers enjoying a sunny winter day on a ski hill in Wisconsin. One man is relaxing by lying on his back with his skis crossed up in ...
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National Ski Tournament

Date: 1910
Description: View from the bottom of a ski jump in Eau Claire, the host of a national ski tournament. Several people are standing along the sides of the landing area wh...
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Officers of Austrian Position in the High Mountains

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Description: The commander of a fort on the Tirolian front at an elevation of 3500 meters surrounded by his officers. 1. Major Hyza; 2. Lieutenant Joseph Aldon; 3. Lieu...
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Photographer on Skis

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Description: Our war photographer photographing his competitor. Frankl photographing another photographer taking a photograph of a soldier with skis.

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