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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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New Year's Card

Date: 1888
Description: New Year's Day greeting card depicting a boy and girl ice skating.
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Large Snowbank

Date: 03 04 1881
Description: Several people are standing on a large snow bank on 8th Street, looking north after the big snowstorm of 1881. Signs hanging over the sidewalk attached to ...
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View, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Date: 03 04 1881
Description: Winter scene from the corner of 7th Street after the "big snow" of 1881, Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
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Snow in Sheboygan

Date: 1880
Description: Winter scene of Sheboygan after a heavy snowfall. Mr. Henry C. Mueller can be seen on the top of the three-story building which he built in 1871. Many peop...
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Utly Residence

Date: 1887
Description: The Utly Residence, surrounded by a fence, on the north-east corner of Wisconsin and 8th Streets. Built by E.R. Cooley. A man is standing in the center nea...
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Second Ward School House

Date: 03 09 1881
Description: Stereograph of a wintery view of the Second Ward School House. A student stands at the edge of the fence line surrounding the school house.
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Old Science Hall

Date: 1884
Description: View across Park Street of Science Hall building after the fire of December 1, 1884, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The building's exterior...
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Old Science Hall

Date: 1884
Description: View from Bascom Hill towards the west facade of the original Science Hall building (1876-1884) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus after the fir...
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Ice Skating on the Manitowoc River

Date: 1888
Description: Elevated view of a winter scene with a large group of people skating on the frozen Manitowoc River between the 8th and 10th Street bridges. A dog trots acr...
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Man in Horse-Drawn Sleigh

Date: 1885
Description: Winter scene with a European American man with a beard and moustache sitting in a sleigh pulled by a single horse on snow-covered ground in front of the C....
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Horses at a Logging Camp

Date: 1884
Description: The logging camp of Bruno Vinett. About a dozen horses, most in harness, and a similar number of men stand in front of a barn-like building and a small woo...
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Looking in at Main Entrance to the Palace #1536

Date: 1887
Description: A person is standing under the arched entrance of the Saint Paul Winter Carnival's ice palace. Inside the palace there is an ice animal sculpture on a plat...
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George P. Merrill Dinner Menu

Date: 12 15 1888
Description: Menu page and back cover for a "Dinner tendered Geo. P. Merrill by Chas. H. Wheeler," with a handwritten menu with wines and spirits in red, and colored pe...
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Lumber Camp Group

Date: 1881
Description: Archie Young and crew at Yellow River camp.
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Log Loading

Date: 1886
Description: Men loading logs at D.J. Arpin's Crooked Reef camp.
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Holt's Lightning Hay Knife

Date: 1881
Description: Front of advertising card featuring a color illustration of a man and young boy outside during winter. The man is using a Lightning Hay knife to cut the ha...
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Milwaukee Harvester Co. Catalog Front and Back Cover

Date: 1885
Description: The front cover features a color illustration of a man and woman relaxing near a lake or river. The woman is sitting on a chair under an umbrella painting ...
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Loggers Posing with Team of Horses and Sled

Date: 1889
Description: Outdoor group portrait of ten men standing behind a team of two horses in the snow. Standing directly behind the horses in front of the sled loaded with lo...
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Digging Out Train Tracks

Date: 03 1881
Description: Winter scene with men digging out the train tracks by hand after a big snow storm. Trees and a fence line the sides of the railroad right of way. Between F...

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