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Rural Mail Carrier
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Winter scene with mail carrier in car putting mail in a mailbox. "Ralph Koll, Rural Mail Carrier. Somewhere in this monstrous snow drift is Helen Moldenhauer's mail box. Ralph Delivers to 264 boxes on his 63.6 mile route. In eighteen winters of mail delivery, Ralph reports that this winter was the most severe."
February 3, 1978
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United States Post Office
February 3, 1978
"U.S. Post Office. Rural mail carrier, Ralph Koll, sorts the mail prior to beginning his route."
Snow Drifts
February 1979
Winter scene with a car on Hwy. 41 near in Dodge Co., Wisconsin. Caption: "On a cold, windy day, snow drifts across Hwy 41."
Snow Storm
December 1968
Winter scene of a snowstorm in downtown Theresa. A car drives over a bridge. Mobil gas station in the background.
Snow Storm
January 26, 1978
Winter scene with young woman on a snowmobile in downtown Theresa, Wisconsin. "Kathy Thompson, daughter of Arty Thompson, rides a snowmobile during the height of the storm."
Snow Blower
1963
Winter scene of Ralph Widmer, the photographer's brother, using a snow blower to clear a walkway on Wisconsin Street, Theresa, Wisconsin. Written on back, "Ralph Widmer blows snow off the sidewalk ...
Union Cemetery
February 5, 1978
"Union Cemetery — The graves are awash in snow in the aftermath of the late January snowstorm."
