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Out of Action

Date: 01 13 1967
Description: Dejected skier at home with cast and crutches, after breaking her leg practicing for competition.
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Group of People with International Scout

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Description: Color advertising photograph depicting people in various professions and walks of life surrounding a new International Scout.
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Skiing near Greenbush

Date: 1951
Description: Winter scene with skiers getting ready to push off, with bundled-up observers looking on in the foreground.
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Ski Trooper, Camp McCoy

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Description: St. Egdaht, a member of the Ski Troops, Camp McCoy, skiing.
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Wayne T. Vanderhoef with Skis

Date: 1950
Description: Winter scene with Wayne T. Vanderhoef (1929-1997) posing with his skis in front of 312 North Butler Street, Madison, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Historical M...
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Mary and Nelson Ross

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Description: Winter scene with Mary and Nelson Ross of Ross' Teal Lake Lodge. They are posing in the snow with skis and snowshoes.
Postcard

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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Ice Fishing Shanties

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Description: George Harris and other ice fishing shanties on Chequamegon Bay. One man is on skis moving across the snow and ice.
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Two Youth Skiers at Blackhawk Ski Run

Date: 01 20 1948
Description: Two teenage skiers poised at the top of the hill at Blackhawk Ski Run. Hartman Axley is on the left and Bob Herman on the right.
Poster

Tomahawk Ridge Ski Jumping Championships

Date: 01 1971
Description: Poster for the Tomahawk Ridge Ski Jumping Championships, held Sunday, January 24, 1971. An official Central U.S. Ski Association Meet, sponsored by the Bl...
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Ski Jump at Hoyt Park

Date: 01 22 1949
Description: New junior ski jump at Hoyt Park. The jump is thirty-five feet high and is estimated to allow up to sixty-foot jumps under ideal conditions.
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University of Wisconsin Winter Carnival Ski Jumpers

Date: 02 02 1949
Description: Four ski "jumpers" are posed on a hill with Lake Mendota behind them. They are, from left to right: Allen Bushnell, Wally Alcumbrac, Bill Bradley, and Don ...
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Dashing through the Snow

Date: 1930
Description: Winter scene with sleigh carrying six well-bundled passengers pulled by two horses and pulling a skier behind in Eagle River. The trees are blurred.
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Sigurd Olson and Elizabeth Olson

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Description: Sigurd F. Olson (April 4, 1899 - January 13, 1982) was an American author, environmentalist, and advocate for the protection of wilderness. Sigurd and his ...
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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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Blackhawk Ski Club Ski Jump

Date: 12 28 1949
Description: Three-quarter view towards the rear of the Blackhawk Ski Club ski jump at Tomahawk Ridge west of Middleton.
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Blackhawk Ski Club Ski Jump

Date: 12 28 1949
Description: Two members of the Blackhawk Ski Club spray the landing hill at the club's ski jump at Tomahawk Ridge west of Middleton.
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Blackhawk Ski Club Ski Jump

Date: 12 28 1949
Description: Members of the Blackhawk Ski Club prepare the landing area at the club's ski jump at Tomahawk Ridge, located west of Middleton. From left are Jim Jardine, ...
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Ski Jumping Winners

Date: 01 01 1950
Description: John Bednarz (left), and Paul Jacobs, both from the Kiwanis Club of Iron Mountain, Michigan, are two of the four ski jumping winners in the third annual Bl...

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