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Ships Tied Up for Winter

Date: 1950
Description: Overhead view of ships tied up for the winter in slips.
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Modern Windsled

Date: 05 1954
Description: Windsled used to transport passengers and goods between Madeline Island and Bayfield. This image was in Ross' book, "La Pointe: Village Outpost".
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The Dream Sled

Date: 1955
Description: This was the first boat & sled-type wind sled built on Madeline Island. Built by Elmer Nelson for Howard Russell between 1950-1951. Had a 9-cylinder R-680-...
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The Dream Sled

Date: 1953
Description: This was the first boat & sled-type windsled built on Madeline Island. Built by Elmer Nelson for Howard Russell between 1950-1951. Had a 9-cylinder R-680-E...
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Boat-Type Windsled

Date: 1957
Description: A boat-type windsled on frozen Lake Superior.
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Camp Randall Stadium Addition

Date: 01 24 1951
Description: North addition to University of Wisconsin-Madison Camp Randall Stadium, with steel framework connecting to the old structure on the east side.
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Mapleside

Date: 1951
Description: Mapleside, 3500 University Avenue.
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Madison Shoreline from Lake Monona

Date: 12 18 1955
Description: Downtown Madison lakeshore taken from Lake Monona in line with South Pinckney Street. Includes St. Raphael's steeple, 1 West Wilson Street state office bui...
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This Happy Breed

Date: 1956
Description: Winter scene with a family and their dog preparing for their descent down the hill on a toboggan. From left to right, Gene Anderson (my uncle), Betsy Marqu...
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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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Winter Night Street Scene

Date: 12 01 1955
Description: Neon lights up Wisconsin Avenue on a winter night in Milwaukee.
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Bong P-38 Memorial

Date: 1950
Description: An early view of the Richard Ira Bong Memorial - a P-38, although not a plane that Bong himself flew. The plane was acquired from the Air Force by the loca...
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Shawano Airport

Date: 1951
Description: Shawano Municipal Airport and airport managers Jack and Dorothy Wussow. In 1954 the Wussows gave up cold weather flying to become managers of an airport i...
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Blizzards Are Fun

Date: 1955
Description: Winter scene with Mark Mueller, the photographer's son standing ankle deep in snow with a dog, and smiling as the snow continues to fall. The family was sl...
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Winter Basketball

Date: 02 11 1955
Description: A winter scene with boys playing basketball in the snow, with temperatures around 10 below zero.
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International Armed Infantry Vehicle

Date: 02 01 1951
Description: T18-E2 armored infantry full-track vehicle with a T-122 gun mount. The vehicle was built for the U.S. military by International Harvester.
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International T-18 Armored Utility Vehicle

Date: 12 13 1950
Description: Engineering photograph of an International T-18 armored utility vehicle, pilot model no. 1. The vehicle was designed for use by the U.S. military.
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International Truck Loaded with Sacks

Date: 1950
Description: View towards a man sitting in an International pickup truck parked on a snow and ice covered drive outside a barn. The bed of the truck is loaded with fill...
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International Truck Loaded with Firewood

Date: 1950
Description: View across snow-covered ground towards a man loading logs for firewood(?) onto an International truck during winter.
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International Crawler Tractors at Mauvoisin Dam, Switzerland

Date: 1953
Description: International TD-24 and TD-18 TracTracTors (crawler tractors) at work on the site of the Mauvoisin Dam in Switzerland's Mont Blanc region. The dam, begun i...

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