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Students at the Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys

Date: 1893
Description: Students gather in the schoolyard at the Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys. A group of four boys is seen in the foreground, while dozens of others stand...
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Students Outside the Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys

Date: 1893
Description: Students gather in the schoolyard at the Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys. Several school buildings are seen in the background.
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Students in snow outside State Industrial School for Boys

Date: 1893
Description: Winter scene with four students from the Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys standing outside on the snow-covered school grounds.
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Hoyt Park Toboggan Slide

Date: 12 23 1947
Description: Three teenagers posing on the steps of the toboggan slide at Hoyt Park. Ascending the steps are Al Gay, Mary Homann, and Ruth Ann Gay. Two young boys are s...
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Children and Christmas Gifts

Date: 12 19 1950
Description: Jeffery, age 10, Leslie, 6, and Kurt, 3, children of Dr. Leslie and Jean Antonius, hold wrapped Christmas gifts while standing in front of their home at 32...
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1951 Madison Speed Skating Champions

Date: 01 28 1951
Description: Group portrait of the boys' and girls' 1951 Madison speed skating champions in the midget, cub, junior, intermediate, and senior divisions.
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Boy Scouts Klondike Derby

Date: 01 13 1952
Description: Three boy scouts prepare soup over a campfire during the Boy Scout Klondike Derby at Glenway Golf Course.
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Public School

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Description: A class of children and a teacher pose outside the school building in the winter.
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School Class at Merrimac

Date: 1890
Description: A large class stands outside a school. Front row, left to right: Stella Nuzum, unknown, unknown, unknown, Mabel Devlin, Mary Devlin, unknown, Alice Odekirk...
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A.F. Werner Store Advertisment

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Description: Small girl posed outdoors on a fur rug in front of an advertisement for the A.F. Werner Store. The poster is attached to a sleigh on a snow-covered street,...
Postcard

Three Boys with Wagon in Snow

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Description: Three boys pose outdoors in a field with snow. Two boys, one holding a stick or a whip, are sitting in a miniature wagon. The other boy is standing holding...
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Snowman

Date: 1910
Description: The photographer's son, Ferdinand Leonard Hotz, left, poses with a large snowman and unidentified young man. The snowman wears a basket as a hat.
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Model T in Winter

Date: 1918
Description: A boy holds the door handle of a circa 1916 Model T Ford with a modified radiator cover. A girl walks up the road toward the car. There is a bridge over a ...
Drawing

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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John F. Kennedy Speaks in Hillsboro

Date: 03 25 1960
Description: John F. Kennedy outdoors with a group of Hillsboro students and residents after a campaign speech. A man on the left is taking a group photo with a camera....
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Outdoor Group Portrait of Unidentified Women and Children

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Description: A group of four women and a group of children are standing in front of a building, perhaps a school. A man is sitting in a sleigh with two horses on the le...
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Ojibwa Girls in Snow

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Description: A snapshot of Ojibwa girls posing together standing in snow. They are bundled up in cold weather clothes and head scarves.
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Sitting on a Toboggan

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Description: A young woman and a child are sitting on a toboggan. On the left is a black lab running towards them.
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Ice Skating at Tenney Park

Date: 12 31 1957
Description: Two young skaters enjoying the ice on the Tenney Park lagoon. One boy is wearing ear muffs. It is snowing.
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Monster Twelve Foot High Snowman Built on N. Midvale Boulevard

Date: 01 30 1959
Description: A twelve-foot high snowman is built by Dr. James Messer, Michael Roldt, and Donald Norbert, all living at an apartment building at 505 N. Midvale Boulevard...

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