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Cows on Ice
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While en route from Oregon prison farm to Oscar Mayer and Co., three cows were frightened by an ambulance siren on the 700 block of West Washington Avenue and broke out of their truck, escaping to the water-covered ice on Monona Bay along West Shore Drive. Two of the cows are standing in Brittingham Park while Policeman Dominic Schiro isvlooking on. Behind them are houses and two herdsmen.
March 28, 1960
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Cows On Ice
March 28, 1960
While en route from Oregon prison farm to Oscar Mayer and Co., three cows were frightened by an ambulance siren on the 700 block of West Washington Avenue and broke out of their truck, escaping to ...
Cows On Ice
March 28, 1960
While en route from Oregon prison farm to Oscar Mayer and Co., three cows were frightened by an ambulance siren on the 700 block of West Washington Avenue and broke out of their truck, escaping to ...
Cows on Ice
March 28, 1960
While en route from Oregon prison farm to Oscar Mayer and Co., three cows were frightened by an ambulance siren on the 700 block of West Washington Avenue and broke out of their truck, escaping to ...
Ice Damage on Shoreline
March 16, 1949
Ice damage to the shoreline of Lake Mendota at Warner Park.
Four Lakes Ice Yacht Races
December 31, 1960
Four Lakes Club iceboats playing follow the leader on Lake Monona.
Northwestern Ice Yachting Association Ice Regatta
January 19, 1952
Iceboats idle on Lake Monona while activities were postponed due to unseasonable weather during the Northwestern Ice Yachting Association ice regatta on Lake Monona.
