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| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Wenga and Amutuk catching crabs in the Arctic. |
| Date: | 05 1954 |
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| Description: | Windsled used to transport passengers and goods between Madeline Island and Bayfield. This image was in Ross' book, "La Pointe: Village Outpost". |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Two men and two boys standing on ice in front of a windsled. All four are holding lake trout. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Windsled "Hurricane Hazel" on Chequamegon. One man is sitting in the windsled, Another man is standing on the ice. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | This was the first boat & sled-type wind sled built on Madeline Island. Built by Elmer Nelson for Howard Russell between 1950-1951. Had a 9-cylinder R-680-... |
| Date: | 02 1948 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the enclosed wind sled shaped like the Maybe, sitting on the ice with La Pointe dock on the left. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Howard Russell with dog team bringing the mail to La Pointe. |
| Date: | 04 1923 |
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| Description: | An outhouse without a door during the winter. The outhouse is situated under a tree behind a farmhouse. |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | A winter scene with excited children on a toboggan. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising catalog for Canadian bobsleighs sold by International Harvester. Features a snow-covered forest scene in shades of blue. Title read... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of City Hall during winter with horse-drawn sleighs passing. A sign above the second story windows on the front of City Hall reads: "Welcome.... |
| Date: | 11 30 1944 |
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| Description: | Four students sledding on Bascom Hill using a sled from 1838 which they borrowed from the Wisconsin Historical Society Museum. Seated from left: Joan Hamme... |
| Date: | 11 10 1944 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with a young girl (possibly Polly Pyre, the daughter of Russell B. Pyre) in a snowsuit standing with an "Airline Pilot" sled. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Two horse-drawn carriages travelling through a snow-covered enclosure. A man stands off to the side, holding a snow shovel. Red text in the upper portion ... |
| Date: | 12 25 1907 |
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| Description: | A crowd poses with Santa Claus in front of Hall's Book Store during a Christmas celebration. Business signs read, (partially obscured): "National Bank." Ca... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with six women, six children, and a man examining a bobsled hitched to a horse. |
| Date: | 12 06 1947 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with Betty Ann and Arthur G. Field on a sled in the snow with their mother Elizabeth Field kneeling next to them near a stone wall. The family... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with a man and woman sitting in a cutter sleigh pulled by a two-horse team, possibly driven by Harvey Risliands. |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Exterior of house at 525 Jefferson Street. The first bathtub in Milwaukee, made of tin, was put into this house. A man in a horse-drawn sled is parked in... |
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