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Sledding

Date: 1914
Description: Laurie, Muriel, and James Peterson, children of the photographer, sledding near the family home. Handwritten on reverse, "Laurie, Muriel, James Peterson, c...
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Children Sledding on North Pinckney Street

Date: 1915
Description: Winter scene with children sledding down 400 block of North Pinckney Street, Madison, Wisconsin, including 10 boys on a coasting bobsled. Three houses are ...
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Winter Iceboat on Lake Monona

Date: 1918
Description: Richard "Dick" Lloyd Jones and his mother, Georgia Lloyd Jones, look at an iceboat on frozen Lake Monona. Houses along the north shore are in the backgrou...
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Winter Sledding on Lake Monona

Date: 1918
Description: A woman pulls Richard "Dick" Lloyd Jones on a sled across the ice on Lake Monona. Two other women stand on either side, and houses on the shoreline are in ...
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Winter with Lloyd Jones Family on Lake Monona

Date: 1918
Description: Two women stand behind Richard Lloyd Jones and son Richard Lloyd Jones Jr., who are seated on a sled on frozen Lake Monona.
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Mother and Children with Sled in Front Yard

Date: 12 25 1910
Description: Winter scene with Alma Reinhardt Taylor and her children (from left) Frederick Taylor, Donna Taylor Adams, and Ellen Taylor Higgins. The children are posi...
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Lumber Camp Scene

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of loggers in a lumber camp. In front, seated on his sled, is T.J. Thompson. He traveled among the lumber camps between Winter and Raddison,...
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Dog Pulling Sled

Date: 1910
Description: T.J. Thompson seated on a sled pulled by his dog. He traveled among the lumber camps between Winter and Raddison, selling watches and jewelry.
Postcard

Dog Pulling Sled

Date: 1910
Description: Colorized postcard of T.J. Thompson seated on a sled pulled by his dog. He traveled among the lumber camps between Winter and Raddison, selling watches and...
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Sledding

Date: 1912
Description: A child in a stocking cap sleds down a course of piled snow at the side of the Hotz family home.
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Young Man and Dog

Date: 1910
Description: A young man and a dog pose on an improvised toboggan run next to the Hotz residence. The photograph was taken from an upper story window; a porch roof is i...
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Sledding

Date: 1910
Description: Four children pose in the snow with their sleds and a dachshund. There is a rustic bridge in the background and a railing in the left foreground.
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Children Sledding

Date: 1910
Description: The photographer's four children pose with their sleds near Sheridan Road. There is a bridge over a ravine in the background and a blurred image of a dog i...
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Winter Fun

Date: 01 1918
Description: A child skates on a home ice rink as a girl, sitting on a snowbank, watches. A sled rests near the front steps of the Hotz family home.
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Toboggan Slide and Skating Rink

Date: 1918
Description: A toboggan slide and skating rink next to a large building.
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Toboggan Slide

Date: 1918
Description: View down snowy road towards a crowd of people gathered at the base of a toboggan slide. A group at the top is preparing to go down the slide. The adjacent...
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Friends of Jeannette Holt in Winter

Date: 1919
Description: Three young women are posing for a winter portrait with a sled and wooden skis. There is a building with a porch on a hill in the background.
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The Winter Slide

Date: 02 29 1916
Description: Atop the winter slide, Lillian Wheeler is positioning herself on the sled. Her mother Anna Holt Wheeler is watching her, and a third person is standing beh...
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Lillian Wheeler Toboganning

Date: 02 29 1916
Description: Toddler Lillian Wheeler is tobogganing down the snowy chute with her mother Anna Holt Wheeler, and a third person is sitting behind Anna. There is a house ...
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Skating at the Winter Club

Date: 01 05 1912
Description: The Holt children are skating in a line at an ice rink. The girls are holding fur hand warmers. There is a toboggan slide in the background. Names from lef...

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