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King's Gateway Hotel Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the King's Gateway Hotel in Land O' Lakes, Wisconsin, with header and footer views of the hotel and nearby Gateway Inn in color, and overlapp...
Photograph

Ferdinand Hotz

Date: 1918
Description: Ferdinand Hotz poses on snowshoes at the base of a bluff. The Hotz cottage complex, built in 1912-3, is seen atop the bluff. The complex included three co...
Photograph

Snowshoeing

Date: 02 1924
Description: Winter scene with an unidentified man pausing while snowshoeing. He carries a long walking stick.
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Man on Snowshoes

Date: 1924
Description: A man poses on snowshoes, using a long walking stick in a wooded, snow-covered landscape.
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Snowshoeing

Date: 1924
Description: A man, likely Ferdinand Hotz, on short snowshoes carrying a long walking stick and his coat. A camera case and pair of ice skates hang from straps around h...
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Bill Ward

Date: 12 29 1956
Description: Portrait of Bill Ward as he prepares to hoist the sail on an iceboat.
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David Rosten and Paul Krueger

Date: 12 29 1956
Description: Portrait of David Rosten and Paul Krueger as they get ready for a ride in an iceboat.
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Tom Krehl

Date: 12 29 1956
Description: Tom Krehl checks the clamps on an iceboat before going out for a ride.
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Iceboat on the Mississippi River

Date: 1905
Description: The iceboat was built by the Ranke boys. There are about forty-nine people posing in front of the boat. Almost everyone is wearing ice skates. Names: Fred ...
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Blackhawk Ski Club Directors

Date: 12 19 1957
Description: Group portrait of nine directors of the Blackhawk Ski Club. Seated in the first row are Stan DuRose, Harold (Blue) Schmelzer, I.R. Jacobson, and Sam LaBarr...
Photograph

Long-Jump at Snowmobile Derby

Date: 01 1969
Description: A snowmobile rider long-jumps at the Eagle River Snowmobile Derby. According to the notes in the photograph album, this was the "world record long jump." T...
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Blackhawk Ski Club Ski Jump Tourney

Date: 01 26 1958
Description: Ski jumper Dale Severson of Eau Claire is shown (center right) flying and leaning high over the Tomahawk Ridge ski jump. Spectators and parked cars are in ...
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Blackhawk Ski Club Ski Jump Tourney

Date: 01 26 1958
Description: Three spectators wear winter hats while attending the Blackhawk Ski Club ski jump tournament. They include, from left: Carolyn Quisling, her mother Helen Q...
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Blackhawk Ski Club Ski Jump Tourney

Date: 01 26 1958
Description: Two members of the booster club of the Blackhawk Ski club standing outdoor. They are Lies Jungbloed, left, a native of Holland, and Gudran Gudmundsdottir, ...
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Blackhawk Ski Club Ski Jump Tourney

Date: 01 26 1958
Description: Amatuer photographers and ski jumping spectators Irv Jacobsen and Forest Bakken attend the Blackhawk Ski Club's 11th annual jumping tournament. Both men ho...
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Youth on View....Tobogganers

Date: 01 05 1959
Description: "Bundle up Tight" is the theme of this tobogganing group as they don winter clothing in preparation for outdoor activities. Shown from left to right are Ma...
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Youth on View.... Snow Skiers

Date: 01 05 1959
Description: Bob Renzichek (left) and Tom Knoncke wax their equipment before a day of skiing.
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Champion Curler Steve Brown

Date: 1985
Description: Steve Brown of Madison crouching on ice and holding a curling stone. He wears sweater with a patch that reads: "U.S. Men's National Curling Championship, M...
Map or Atlas

Lake Geneva Wisconsin and Big Foot Beach State Park, Wisconsin Conservation Department

Date: 1959
Description: This map of Lake Geneva has relief shown by contours and water depths shown by isolines. The map includes an index of schools, churches, public services, i...
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Eau Claire Ace Standout Ski Jumper of Annual Meet

Date: 02 14 1960
Description: Outdoor portrait of Larry Bergh, Eau Claire, rising young star of the Blackhawk Ski Club jumping tournament.

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