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Off For a Thrilling Skyride (Tobogganing)

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Description: Two men and a woman sit on a toboggan in midair while riding down a snow-covered hill.
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Skiing

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Description: Skiers move down a snow-covered slope with trees lining either side.
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Skiing

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Description: Four skiers start down a snow-covered slope while others look on.
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Ski Tow

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Description: Several skiers are pulled up a snow-covered hill by a ski tow while several others wait in line and another skier looks on from the hill.
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Ferdinand Hotz

Date: 1918
Description: Ferdinand Hotz poses on snowshoes at the base of a bluff. The Hotz cottage complex, built in 1912-3, is seen atop the bluff. The complex included three co...
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Blackhawk Ski Club Ski Jump Tourney

Date: 01 26 1958
Description: Ski jumper Dale Severson of Eau Claire is shown (center right) flying and leaning high over the Tomahawk Ridge ski jump. Spectators and parked cars are in ...
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Bob Immens, Chicago, Ski Jumper

Date: 02 14 1960
Description: Bob Immens, Chicago, takes off from ski jump at the Blackhawk Ski Club ski jumping event held at Tomahawk Ridge.
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Ice Fishing on Salmo Pond

Date: 01 1954
Description: Three people ice fishing on Salmo Pond near Black Earth.
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Ice Fishing on Salmo Pond

Date: 01 1954
Description: Harvey Gifford, of 2541 East Johnson Street in Madison, chops a hole in the ice on Salmo Pond near Back Earth in preparation for ice fishing, where he thin...
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The Fourth Annual Ski Tournament

Date: 1910
Description: View looking up towards a ski jumper airborne over the top edge of a hill as a large crowd is looking on from the sides. The top of the ski jump scaffold i...
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Boy Skiers at Ski Meet

Date: 01 22 1910
Description: Winter scene with boys on skis preparing to compete at the first ski tournament in Stoughton, Wisconsin, possibly in ski jumping.
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Skiers about to Ski Down Slope

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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...
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Scouts II Olympics Vehicle

Date: 1976
Description: View up ski hill towards people standing near a Scout II in the snow. One man sits on a Quiet Flite Evinrude snowmobile near a man holding a pair of Head s...
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Scandinavia Ski Team Posing in the Snow

Date: 1922
Description: Scandinavia Ski Team, all men, are posing in a row with their skis propped on their shoulders. In the background is a snow-covered hill and trees.
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Skibobbing on Rib Mountain

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Description: View of a boy and girl at the top of a snow-covered hill sitting on skibobs, ready to go down the hill.
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First Snowfall at Sherman Terrace

Date: 11 26 1953
Description: Trying out their sleds are Judy Stanley and Wendy Wanda.
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We Saw You . . . Tobogganing at Olbrich

Date: 01 17 1958
Description: Children going downhill on a toboggan at Olbrich Park don't seem to mind if scarves are flying as they squeal, scream and shout. The toboggan is made of wo...
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Sport Illustrated

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

Date: 02 1969
Description: View downhill towards three skiers standing on the left surveying the run before heading down the slope. More skiers are riding the ski lift overhead.
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Tireless Fun

Date: 1973
Description: Five children in snow tubes are returning to the top of the hill by hanging onto the tow rope.

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