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Mount Valhalla Snow Jump

Date: 1935
Description: View from the top of a ski hill jump on Mount Valhalla near Washburn. Crowds of people line the edges of the ski jump area at the bottom of the hill.
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Ski Jump Competition

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Description: A man jumps off a ski ramp as many spectators look on.
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Blackhawk Ski Meet

Date: 02 03 1957
Description: Jack Statz of Madison takes off on a jump in the Class A division of a Blackhawk Ski Club meet.
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Crash Landing

Date: 1915
Description: Ski jumper crash lands into the snow below the jump.
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Blackhawk Ski Club Meet

Date: 01 03 1954
Description: People watching Cato Vik, a Norwegian student at the University of Wisconsin, take Class A honors and set a new hill record of 157 feet in the ski jumping ...
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National Ski Tournament

Date: 1910
Description: View from the bottom of a ski jump in Eau Claire, the host of a national ski tournament. Several people are standing along the sides of the landing area wh...
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The Big Jump

Date: 01 1952
Description: Ski jumping at Timber Coulee. A large crowd is gathered to watch. Today it is named Snowflake Ski & Golf Club. It is host to a ski jumping tournament since...
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Helge Solberg in Mid-air

Date: 02 10 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Helge Solberg, Stoughton, in Mid-air on his 121 Foot Leap. Tournament Feb. 10, 1911." Helge Solberg ski jumping at a tournament, the ...
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Winter Sports Capital of the Midwest

Date: 1949
Description: Text on front reads: "Wausau, Wisconsin, 'Winter Sports Capital of the Midwest.'" On reverse: "Renowned throughout the midwestern states as the center of w...

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