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Snow-Covered Skating Pond

Date: 1895
Description: Winter scene of the skating pond at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Pond at Taliesin

Date: 1911
Description: The pond at Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright referred to the pond as a water garden. The pond was created when a stream on the property was...
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Dam and Pond at Taliesin

Date: 1911
Description: The dam and pond at Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright dammed a small stream on the property to create the pond and to ensure water could be ...
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Eymard Seminary Ice Hockey

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Description: A group of boys from Eymard Seminary wearing ice skates and winter dress while holding hockey sticks.
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Kindly Thoughts and Good Wishes For Christmas and the New Year

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday card of a man loading Christmas trees on a sled drawn by two horses. A dog runs in front of them. The sun is setting over a lake or pond with trees...
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Ice Skating at Dunham School

Date: 1945
Description: A group of six children play on a frozen pond on the right. The Dunham School and trees appear inside a fence on the left, and the ground is covered with s...
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Boys Playing Ice Hockey

Date: 1945
Description: Three boys play ice hockey on a frozen pond. One boy has fallen and is sitting on the ice. Snow covers the ground, with some grass peeking through. A fence...
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Jeffry's Mill

Date: 01 22 1932
Description: Two men fish from a diving platform while a third fishes from the shore at Jeffry's Mill. The tall, wood frame mill building is in the background, with an ...
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Ice Fishing on Salmo Pond

Date: 01 1954
Description: Three people ice fishing on Salmo Pond near Black Earth.
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Ice Fishing on Salmo Pond

Date: 01 1954
Description: Harvey Gifford, of 2541 East Johnson Street in Madison, chops a hole in the ice on Salmo Pond near Back Earth in preparation for ice fishing, where he thin...
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Ice Fishing on Salmo Pond

Date: 01 1954
Description: Mrs. Arthur Fecht, Highland, attaches bait to her line while ice fishing on Salmo Pond near Black Earth.
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Ice Fishing on Salmo Pond

Date: 01 1954
Description: Kenneth Kruse, a Madison policeman living at 5009 Flambeau Road, and his son Billy wait patiently for a nibble while ice fishing on Salmo Pond near Black E...
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Ice Fishing on Salmo Pond

Date: 01 1954
Description: Fisherman Walter Meske of Watertown holds up a fish he caught while ice fishing on Salmo Pond near Black Earth.
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Posing in Front of Old Kiln

Date: 02 1906
Description: Members of the Krueger and Buelke family standing below an old kiln during winter. Some of them are holding ice skates and a sled is in front of the twins....
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Winter Sports with the Kruegers and Buelkes

Date: 02 1906
Description: Group posing next to the quarry pond with the old kiln on the hill above them. Several people in the group are holding ice skates. From the left are: Sara...
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Ice Skating on Quarry Pond

Date: 12 1905
Description: Florentina, Jennie, and Edgar Krueger preparing for ice skating on the quarry pond. Florentina and Edgar are sitting on sleds on the ice while attaching bl...
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Standing on the Iced Over Quarry Pond

Date: 12 1905
Description: Edgar Krueger, Sarah Krueger, Ernie Buelke, Florentina Krueger, and Jennie Krueger holding hands on the iced over quarry pond. A sled is on the ice near E...
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Pond in Fog

Date: 08 20 1961
Description: Pond with lily pads at the intersection of Highways 131 and 60 on a foggy morning. In the background are hills shrouded in mist.
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Ice Skating at Tenney Park

Date: 02 2014
Description: Two young men are playing hockey on the lagoon at Tenney Park. Snow is on the ground and the small foot bridge is in the background.
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East Lagoon in Winter

Date: 1993
Description: Snow covered trees are growing out of a small island on a lagoon, with more trees lining the shore. In the distance are the central buildings of Northern I...

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