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Madison Snowstorm
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A winter scene of the Capitol Square during the year's record snowstorm. Pictured are Mrs. Francis (Mayme) Harrison, 304 West Main Street, with her two children, Donna Mae and Dean. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the background, partially obscured by the heavy snow.
March 2, 1948
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Madison Snowstorm
March 2, 1948
View of the Capitol Square during the year's record snowstorm, taken from under the canopy of the Park Hotel showing the corner of South Carroll and West Main Street.
Madison Snowstorm
January 30, 1947
Winter scene with cars in a parking lot at West Washington Avenue and Fairchild Street the morning after a snowstorm, Madison, Wisconsin.
Madison Snowstorm
January 30, 1947
Winter scene looking west along the first block of West Doty Street at a car stuck in a snow bank, Madison, Wisconsin.
Car Stuck in Snow
January 4, 1952
Winter scene with George Schneider and Roy Staley attempting to push a car stuck in the snow away from a curb on the Capitol Square.
Madison Snowstorm
January 30, 1947
Winter scene with Dave Brown (left), and Bill Pedder shoveling out cars parked on South Carroll Street on the Capitol Square, charging $1.50 and up.
Madison Snowstorm
January 30, 1947
Winter scene of Robert Ernst, 207 West Washington Avenue, an airport weather communications employee, trying to shovel his car out of a snow drift.
