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Boys Ice Skating on University Avenue

Date: 01 16 1935
Description: Winter scene with boys ice skating on University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin, after an ice storm. From left to right: G. Halamka, J.A. Zimmerman, A.J. Jark.
Photograph

Boy Scout Sled Race

Date: 01 24 1953
Description: Boy scout sled team participating in the Klondike Derby sled race. The boys are pulling the sled on the Monona Golf Course, with Nichols School in the back...
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

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...
Map or Atlas

Lake Geneva Wisconsin and Big Foot Beach State Park, Wisconsin Conservation Department

Date: 1959
Description: This map of Lake Geneva has relief shown by contours and water depths shown by isolines. The map includes an index of schools, churches, public services, i...
Photograph

Men Ice Skating on Lake Monona

Date: 1897
Description: Men ice skating on Lake Monona, with two young boys. Other skaters are behind them, and the far shoreline is in the background.
Photograph

Skiers about to Ski Down Slope

Date: 
Description: Winter scene looking down a hill towards skiers about to ski on the Capital Mississippi Alps near La Crosse, Wisconsin. La Crosse is in the background, and...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Travel Map

Date: 1970
Description: This colored map displays detailed maps of Green Bay, Appleton, Racine, Milwaukee, Kenosha, and Duluth-Superior. At the top right is a map location list of...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin

Date: 1971
Description: This colored map displays Wisconsin and bordering areas of Iowa, Minnesota, and Michigan. There is color-coding on the map to indicate National Forests, an...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin

Date: 1973
Description: This colored map displays Wisconsin and bordering areas of Iowa, Minnesota, and Michigan. There is color-coding on the map to indicate National Forests, a...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Road Map and Directory

Date: 1975
Description: This colored road map of Wisconsin displays "Featured Points of Interest" and "Historical Points of Interest" in the state, including three color photograp...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin

Date: 1976
Description: This colored map displays Wisconsin and portions of bordering states, including a detailed map of the Wisconsin Dells area. Surrounding the map are multipl...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin

Date: 1977
Description: This colored map displays Wisconsin and portions of bordering states, including a detailed map of the Wisconsin Dells area. Surrounding the map are multipl...
Postcard

Ice Boat Regatta on Lake Mendota

Date: 1906
Description: View of several ice boats on Lake Mendota. Caption reads: "Ice boat regatta on Lake Mendota--Madison, Wis."
Photograph

Thunder Jet Ice Boat

Date: 01 23 1955
Description: The ice boat, "Thunder Jet," on a frozen Lake Monona. One of the two men aboard is probably the pilot, Bill "Curley" Perrigo, sitting at the helm or by the...
Photograph

Sport Illustrated

Date: 1956
Description: An adult and a child riding a toboggan down the slide at Iverson Park.
Photograph

Anticipation: Snowmobile Race

Date: 1969
Description: Snowmobiles and drivers lining up before the start of a United States Snowmobile Association sanctioned race. Miller Brewing was a sponsor for the event.
Postcard

World's First Snowmobile

Date: 1975
Description: Text on reverse reads: "World's First Snowmobile, Sayner, Wisconsin. Invented in 1924 by Carl Eliason of Sayner (pictured). This machine is liquid cooled, ...
Postcard

Ski Tow on Rib Mountain

Date: 1939
Description: Text on front reads: "Ski Tow on Rib Mountain, Wausau, Wis." On reverse: "Rib Mountain, just outside of Wausau, is a Winter Paradise boasting, among other ...

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