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Painting

Canadian Prairie Indians on Snowshoes

Date: 1821
Description: Canadian Prairie Indians on Snowshoes.
Photograph

Fire Department at Northern Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1893
Description: Institutional fire fighting department at the Northern Hospital for the Insane, executing drills on the exterior of the building. Fire fighting equipment i...
Photograph

Coal Miners

Date: 
Description: A group of coal miners.
Photograph

Deer Park

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Description: B. Olson and P. Helland sitting in the snow at a deer park in hunting gear, looking at a deer behind them.
Photograph

Winter Walk

Date: 1898
Description: Alice and Eleanor Brown with their nurse in front of 121 East Gilman Street. The three houses in the photo are 125 East Gilman, 133 East Gilman and 139 Ea...
Photograph

Alma Reinhardt Taylor with Her Children

Date: 02 02 1913
Description: Alma Reinhardt Taylor with her three children, Donna, Ellen, and Fred, standing outdoors in the winter weather. All but the smallest child have furry hand ...
Photograph

Otto Lindner Home

Date: 1911
Description: Exterior of Otto Lindner home with Mrs Thiel (wife of Lawrence University professor) and Grace Lindner. Both women are using fur hand muffs.
Photograph

West High School Hockey Team

Date: 02 05 1949
Description: Group portrait of the undefeated West High School hockey team in uniform with hockey sticks posing on the ice at a rink outdoors.
Photograph

Dashing through the Snow

Date: 1930
Description: Winter scene with sleigh carrying six well-bundled passengers pulled by two horses and pulling a skier behind in Eagle River. The trees are blurred.
Photograph

Crew of Men with Husker and Shredder

Date: 1915
Description: A crew of men standing with a wagon and a husker-shredder near a barn. A sixth man in a dark coat and hat is standing under the ladder leaning against the ...
Poster

"Victory is a Question of Stamina"

Date: 1917
Description: World War I United States Food Administration poster showing two soldiers in full gear running through snow with bayonets drawn. Text reads, "Victory is a ...
Photograph

Wisconsin-Indiana Football Game

Date: 11 03 1951
Description: Action shot during the Wisconsin-Indiana Football game. University of Wisconsin football captain Jim Hammond leans ahead for extra yardage as he is tackled...
Photograph

Wisconsin-Indiana Football Game

Date: 11 03 1951
Description: Action shot during the University of Wisconsin-Indiana football game. Rollie Strehlow (#40) drives through the snow for a gain of one yard.
Photograph

Wisconsin-Indiana Football Game

Date: 11 03 1951
Description: Action shot during the Wisconsin-Indiana football game. Don Voss (#90) is shown blocking a punt.
Photograph

Sig Shoveling Snow

Date: 1954
Description: Conservationist and outdoorsman Sigurd F. Olson taking a break from shoveling snow outside his home.
Photograph

Mail Carrier In Winter Near Mount Tab

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Description: View of a mail carrier using skis and a walking stick to navigate the snow of Mount Tab. The man carries a backpack and a dog sits at his feet.
Photograph

Wisconsin National Guard

Date: 1975
Description: Members of the Wisconsin National Guard during the Menominee takeover of the Alexian Novitiate at Gresham in 1975.
Photograph

Snow Storm

Date: 01 26 1978
Description: Winter scene with Kathy Thompson riding her snowmobile at the height of a snowstorm, through downtown Theresa, Wisconsin. "The village was victim of an ol...
Photograph

Betty Compson and Tom Moore in "Over the Border"

Date: 1922
Description: Jen Galbraith (played by Betty Compson) is embraced by Sergeant Flaherty of the Canadian Mounties (Tom Moore) in a snowy wilderness by a rushing river in a...
Photograph

Madison Cardinals Hockey Team

Date: 12 30 1954
Description: Group portrait of 13 uniformed members of the Madison Cardinals hockey team posed by a outdoor hockey rink with their pucks, hockey sticks, skates, and gea...

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