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Ski Tow

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Description: Several skiers are pulled up a snow-covered hill by a ski tow while several others wait in line and another skier looks on from the hill.
Photograph

Young Man and Dog

Date: 1910
Description: A young man and a dog pose on an improvised toboggan run next to the Hotz residence. The photograph was taken from an upper story window; a porch roof is i...
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...
Drawing

Sledding at the Farm

Date: 1945
Description: Two boys sled down a snow covered hillside at the farm. Two leafless trees are on the right. Along the horizon is a red building on the left with a fence s...
Photograph

Boy Skiers at Ski Meet

Date: 01 22 1910
Description: Winter scene with boys on skis preparing to compete at the first ski tournament in Stoughton, Wisconsin, possibly in ski jumping.
Photograph

Junior Ski Meet at Hoyt Park

Date: 01 03 1964
Description: Jim Remington, 15-years-old, lands after his jump at the junior ski meet at Hoyt park, sponsored by the Blackhawk Ski Club.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Riding the Chair Lift

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Description: Slightly elevated view of two young people riding the chair lift at a ski hill.
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Toboggan Run

Date: 1937
Description: A young man is steering a toboggan with three others on board down a long course. Spectators line the run on the right.
Photograph

Sno-Tube

Date: 12 03 1990
Description: A young boy is going down a snowy hill on a Sno-Tube during the blizzard.
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Tireless Fun

Date: 1973
Description: Five children in snow tubes are returning to the top of the hill by hanging onto the tow rope.
Photograph

Winter Entrepreneur

Date: 1973
Description: View down hill towards a boy kicking at a door to see if they want their walk shoveled after a snowfall.
Postcard

Hardscrabble Ski Area

Date: 1952
Description: Text on front reads: "Hardscrabble Ski Area...Rice Lake, Wis." Text on reverse, "Hardscrabble, Inc. Rice Lake, Wis. The Cadillac of ski areas . . . ask the...

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