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Madison Figure Skating Club

Date: 02 22 1948
Description: Members of the Madison Figure Skating Club at Vilas Park watching I.E. Karsten demonstrating his figure skating technique. Pictured left to right: Richard ...
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Madison Figure Skating Club

Date: 02 22 1948
Description: Two young charter members of the Madison Figure Skating Club at Vilas Park. Pictured left to right: Karen Nelson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Nelson, and...
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Patsy Gibson

Date: 01 06 1949
Description: Portrait of Patsy Gibson, wearing a Wisconsin Felton Sporting Goods shirt, poised to begin an ice speed skating race. Patsy, age 14, daughter of Mr. & Mrs....
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Members of Madison Figure Skating Club

Date: 01 12 1949
Description: Skating to a waltz at the Madison Figure Skating Club's new indoor skating arena at Truax Field, are Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Dugan, 1323 Chandler Avenue, memb...
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Edgewater Hotel Skating Rink

Date: 01 13 1949
Description: View from hill of the Edgewater Hotel skating rink on Lake Mendota. The rink has been lined with evergreen trees and some men are playing hockey.
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Teen-Agers Skating

Date: 01 26 1949
Description: Winter scene with Dick Roberts and Mary Lita Jensen, West High School students (Madison, Wisconsin), ice skating.
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University of Wisconsin Winter Carnival Ice Show

Date: 02 02 1949
Description: Four University of Wisconsin students wearing figure skating costumes are shown posing in front of Lake Mendota where they performed a show on Memorial Uni...
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City Skating Meet Stars

Date: 02 06 1949
Description: On the ice are eight Madison skaters who starred in the annual city skating meet held at Vilas Park lagoon. Kneeling in the first row are Patsy Gibson, Den...
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Skaters on Lake Mendota

Date: 1890
Description: View in winter from Lake Mendota of skaters near shoreline of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Science Hall and the Chemical Laboratory building...
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Ice Skating on the Manitowoc River

Date: 1888
Description: Elevated view of a winter scene with a large group of people skating on the frozen Manitowoc River between the 8th and 10th Street bridges. A dog trots acr...
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Ice Carnival Skaters

Date: 02 19 1940
Description: A couple, most likely Gerda Wank with Joe Puccetti, in the middle of an ice skating exhibition. A crowd of children and adults is watching from a snowbank ...
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Ice Carnival Skaters

Date: 02 11 1941
Description: A couple, most likely Gerda Wank with Joe Puccetti, in the middle of an ice skating exhibition. The man is holding the woman almost parallel to the ice whi...
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Water Sprayer on Ice Rink

Date: 12 1938
Description: A device spraying water to create an ice rink. The rink was 115 x 200 ft. and was opened sometime during Christmas week 1938. There are houses and pedestri...
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Tractor Clearing Snow from Ice Rink

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Description: Winter scene with a tractor outfitted with a rotating brush device clearing snow from a fenced-in ice rink with overhead lights.
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Ice Skating Champions

Date: 01 29 1950
Description: Group portrait of the title winners in the all-city skating championships at Vilas Park. Shown on the ice are, from left to right: (front row) John Glidde...
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Lewis Arms on Roller Skates

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Description: Lewis R. Arms is shown in military uniform, wearing roller skates on what appears to be a roof. There is a signature on the back of the photograph that rea...
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Ice Skaters

Date: 1901
Description: Elevated of a large group of ice skaters at River Park. Pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages can be seen on an bridge spanning the river in the background...
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1951 Madison Speed Skating Champions

Date: 01 28 1951
Description: Group portrait of the boys' and girls' 1951 Madison speed skating champions in the midget, cub, junior, intermediate, and senior divisions.
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Scrapbook Page from Dousman Family

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Description: Page from scrapbook of Dousman family.
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Madison Skating Club Activities

Date: 02 05 1952
Description: "The Four Horsemen," a quartet of little boys, are learning to ice skate at the Madison Skating Club at Truax Field. Left to right: Jimmy Bakken, Phip Rie...

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