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Woman in a Sleigh

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Description: Outdoor view of a woman posing sitting in a sleigh pulled by a horse on a snow-covered road.
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Man on Horse-Drawn Sleigh

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Description: View towards a man posing sitting in a sleigh pulled by a team of two horses on a snow-covered street. There is a house in the background.
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Two Horses Pulling a Sleigh

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Description: Side view of a man sitting in a sleigh pulled by a team of two horses on a snow-covered street. In the background is a wooden building.
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Three People on a Sleigh

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a man and two women posing sitting in a sleigh pulled by a single horse on snow-covered ground. Buildings are in the background.
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Sleigh Riders Pulling Skiers

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Description: Winter scene with six well-bundled passengers in a sleigh pulled by two horses and pulling two skiers behind. In the background are pine trees.
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Woman and Child Sitting in Front of a Poster

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a woman and girl sitting on a fur throw on the snow covered ground in front of a poster. The complete title on the poster is obscured, ...
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Outdoor Group Portrait of Unidentified Women and Children

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Description: A group of four women and a group of children are standing in front of a building, perhaps a school. A man is sitting in a sleigh with two horses on the le...
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National Hotel

Date: 1852
Description: View of people riding in a horse-drawn sleigh in front of the National Hotel in a snowstorm. The National Hotel was owned by Major Eliab B. Dean. It was or...
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Conklin Ice House

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Description: Conklin Ice House on Lake Mendota. A man is standing in the snow-covered yard in the foreground near a sleigh, and a carriage with a sign painted on the si...
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Gathering of Sleighs

Date: 1910
Description: A gathering of sleighs near Scandinavia.
Postcard

Washington Ave. Looking North; Bruss Building

Date: 1907
Description: View of Washington Avenue on a snowy day. The A.F. Bruss Building is on the right. Horse-drawn carts and sleighs are in the street. Caption reads: "Washing...
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Family Posing in Sleigh

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Description: A man, woman, and child posing while seated in a horse-drawn sleigh on a snowy road. Behind them are buildings, a fence, and what may be ice harvesting equ...
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Judging Horses

Date: 1925
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of men gathered around four teams of horses hitched to sleighs in a snow covered lot. There is a dog at the center of the...
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Team of Horses and Oxen in Woods with Men

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Description: Team of horses and a team of oxen working in the woods in snow. Two men are standing on a load of logs on the right, probably on a horse-drawn sled. The ox...
Historical Object

Album Page with Valentine

Date: 1910
Description: An album page featuring a die cut, chromolithograph Valentine's Day card in the shape of an arrow. The greeting "To My Sweetheart" is printed on the card, ...
Postcard

Sleigh Ride

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Description: Group of people on horse-drawn sleigh. Caption on back reads: "Greetings from Crandon, Wisconsin. Sleigh Ride. Remember these days? Fill the sled with stra...
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Ice Fishing on Lake Owen

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Description: A man is sitting on a stool in the open doorway of a small tent on the ice on Lake Owen. He is holding a wooden drop line over a hole in the ice. Behind th...
Postcard

"Bus Line"

Date: 1910
Description: View of a group of men standing in the snow next to a covered horse-drawn sleigh. One man on the left is standing and holding a puppy in his arms; a dog is...
Postcard

Wisconsin Ave. in Winter

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Description: View of Wisconsin Avenue with the Wisconsin State Capitol in the distance. Heavy snow is covering the street, trees, and power lines. Horse-drawn sleighs a...
Postcard

"The Old Way" & the New Way of Hauling Logs to Mill

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Description: View towards a train hauling many flatbed cars of logs. There is an inset photograph of a person on top of a stack of logs on a sleigh being pulled by an o...

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