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Horse-Drawn Sleigh and Sled

Date: 1895
Description: A man stands on a sled pulled by a team of two horses that is carrying logs on a snow-covered road. Moving away from the log-carrying sled is an empty egg-...
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Men, Woman and Dog Posing with a Sled

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Description: A woman and dog sit in an egg-shell cutter that is hitched to a horse while two men stand to the side.
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Horse Pulling Cutter Through Woods

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Description: A horse pulls a bearded man that is seated in a cutter through the woods.
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Couple in Cutter Sleigh

Date: 1900
Description: Winter scene with a man and woman sitting in a cutter sleigh pulled by a two-horse team, possibly driven by Harvey Risliands.
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Thorsen Residence

Date: 1904
Description: Exterior of house at 525 Jefferson Street. The first bathtub in Milwaukee, made of tin, was put into this house. A man in a horse-drawn sled is parked in...
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The Leinenkugel Brewery

Date: 1898
Description: Elevated winter view of the Leinenkugel Brewery seen "from top of Mill." Originally called "Spring Brewery," Jacob Leinenkugel opened his brewery in 1867 i...
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Rural Mail

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Description: Man delivering mail in winter using a sled pulled by two horses.
Painting

A Winter Day

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Description: On the right, the farmer in his sheepskin coat drives a horse-drawn sled loaded with milk cans to the cheese factory. A blanket is covering the cans to pre...
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Sleigh Ride in Outagamie County

Date: 1953
Description: Winter scene with a farmer driving a team of horses pulling a large wooden sled on a snow-covered road. Standing to his side, from left to right, is Marge ...
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Smiling Man on Sled

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Description: Winter scene with a man lying on a small sled with a big smile on his face. He is wearing dark clothes and a cap. A snow-covered hill, a barn and fences ar...
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A.F. Werner Store Advertisement

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Description: Woman posing outdoors standing next to an advertisement for the A.F. Werner Store, which is attached to a sleigh on a snow-covered street. The large poster...
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Round Silo

Date: 1895
Description: A twenty-five foot high round silo featured on the farm of F.D. Parish, 4.5 miles southeast of Waupaca. The silo is twenty feet in diameter. Two men are ge...
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District Administration Building

Date: 1918
Description: Exterior view across plaza of the Archangel District Administration Building.
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Church of Uspenanski Bogoroditski

Date: 1918
Description: Exterior view of the Church of Uspenanski Bogoroditski. This building also served as an American hospital in Archangel [Arkhangelsk], Russia during the All...
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Russian Barn

Date: 1918
Description: A Russian man is standing with his horse in front of a large barn. The barn has an arched balcony above the double doors. Around the barn half-buried in th...
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House and Barn Combination

Date: 1918
Description: Exterior view across yard of a two-story house with a barn built adjacent to it. Two people are standing near the door of the house. In the yard is a woode...
Drawing

Sledding at the Farm

Date: 1945
Description: Two boys sled down a snow covered hillside at the farm. Two leafless trees are on the right. Along the horizon is a red building on the left with a fence s...
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Market Place and Russian Troops

Date: 1918
Description: A large group of Russian soldiers are assembled and appear to be drilling within the center of a Russian town. Civilians stand off to the side observing th...
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Horse-drawn Hearse in the Snow

Date: 1910
Description: Martin Keefe, owner of the livery stable, drives a horse-drawn hearse, which has sled runners. The hearse was for the funeral of Mrs. Tom Hill. The buildin...
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Horse-Drawn Sleigh

Date: 02 10 1901
Description: Winter scene with Herman Riebe, his four sisters, and a cousin riding in a bobsled pulled by a team of white horses through the snow. A fence, a snowy fiel...

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