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Christmas Tree on Bascom Hill

Date: 1960
Description: Elevated view looking east from Lincoln Terrace on Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Lincoln Monument is in the foreground and...
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Third Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1899
Description: View from street through gates towards the Third Wisconsin State Capitol, the second in Madison, as seen from East Washington Avenue. The iron fence and st...
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Frederic March Shoveling Snow

Date: 1920
Description: Winter scene with Frederic March as a young man in a coat and hat, outdoors shoveling snow.
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Winter Village of the Minatarres

Date: 1832
Description: Scene showing Minatarre Indians moving about their village during the winter season.
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International Scout outside WVLR Radio Station

Date: 1965
Description: Station manager Ron Nicols and an International Scout truck with plow outside Wisconsin's Very Live Radio station headquarters. WVLR shared quarters with C...
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Park Gateway

Date: 1899
Description: Third Wisconsin State Capitol (the second in Madison), showing the East Washington Avenue gateway and iron fence. In reality the statues, which were meant ...
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The Slide

Date: 1880
Description: Engraving for "Peterson's Magazine" of women in maids' uniforms sliding down an icy path in the snow.
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St. Paul Ice Carnival, Ice Palace

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Description: The ice palace at the St. Paul Ice Carnival. People are on and around a scaffold in the left foreground carving busts out of ice. Blocks of ice are on the ...
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St. Paul Ice Carnival, Ice Palace from the East

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Description: St. Paul Ice Carnival. Ice palace and sculptures from the east.
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St. Paul Ice Carnival, Ice Figure on Third Street

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Description: St. Paul Ice Carnival. Night view of ice figure on Third Street.
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Camp Randall Arch in Madison

Date: 01 19 1931
Description: Winter scene featuring the Camp Randall Memorial Arch on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Carillon Tower

Date: 02 1964
Description: Nighttime winter scene on University of Wisconsin-Madison campus of the Carillon Tower with the Social Sciences building in the background.
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International Harvester Women's Choral Society

Date: 01 31 1926
Description: Group portrait of the members of International Harvester's women's choral society. The members worked in the company's general office. A woman in the front...
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Surveying Fire Damage to the Third Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 02 1904
Description: Elevated view of the damage to the East Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol caused by the fire of February 27-28. The statue of "Forward" can be seen...
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The Snow-Shoe Dance

Date: 1844
Description: Indian dance on snowshoes. (Plate 14).

"In the northern latitudes of America, where the winters are long and very severe, from the heavy falls of snow wh...

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Buffalo Hunt, On Snow Shoes

Date: 1844
Description: Indians on snowshoes hunting buffaloes immobilized by snow (Plate 15).

"In this plate is illustrated the mode alluded to in the preceding page, of the In...

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Church

Date: 1890
Description: Church with snow on the roof.
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Exterior of High School

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior of high school building. There is a bell tower on the roof, and snow is on the ground. Caption reads: "High School, Iola Wis."
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Pioneer Monument

Date: 1935
Description: Pioneer Monument in memory of Chief Simon Kahquados, Jacques Vieau, John Volk, James Duane Doty, Joshua Hathaway, Henry S. Baird, Co. Starkweather, Frank D...
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Dillinger Actors in Milwaukee

Date: 1990
Description: Costumed actors on location in Milwaukee during the filming of the made-for-TV movie, Dillinger. Here, Milwaukee's historic Third Ward was being used to r...

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