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Shoveling Snow

Date: 1925
Description: Winter scene with a man and young boy shoveling snow from a sidewalk after a heavy snowfall.
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) from Wisconsin Avenue

Date: 1898
Description: Winter scene looking down snow-covered Wisconsin Avenue to the third Wisconsin State Capitol. There are two horse-drawn sleighs, each with one passenger, o...
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Automobile Accident

Date: 11 30 1934
Description: View across street towards a group of people looking at the automobile driven by W.B. Peterson which climbed the concrete abutment guarding a safety island...
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West High School after Snowstorm

Date: 01 19 1931
Description: West High School entrance, 30 Ash Street after a snowstorm.
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East High School

Date: 01 19 1931
Description: View across snow-covered lawn and steps towards the East High School entrance tower after a snowstorm.
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Piper's Garden Cafeteria Garden Entrance

Date: 01 19 1931
Description: Garden entrance to Piper's Garden Cafeteria, located at 120 East Mifflin Street, following a snowstorm.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Fence from East Washington Avenue

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Description: Winter view of the wooden gate to the third Wisconsin Capitol at East Washington Avenue.
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Capitol Fence

Date: 1868
Description: Winter scene with the snow-covered pathway and trees around the Capitol Park. A wooden fence ran along the inside of the path and a hitching rail for hors...
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Snow-Covered Tepees

Date: 02 1900
Description: Anadarko tepees covered in snow during the first snowstorm in two years.
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Car Stuck in Snow

Date: 01 04 1952
Description: Winter scene with George Schneider and Roy Staley attempting to push a car stuck in the snow away from a curb on the Capitol Square.
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Large Snowbank

Date: 03 04 1881
Description: Several people are standing on a large snow bank on 8th Street, looking north after the big snowstorm of 1881. Signs hanging over the sidewalk attached to ...
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View, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Date: 03 04 1881
Description: Winter scene from the corner of 7th Street after the "big snow" of 1881, Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
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View, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Date: 03 04 1881
Description: Winter scene of a commercial street after the "big snow" of 1881, Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
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Service Truck Stuck in the Snow

Date: 1927
Description: A rural electric service man stuck in the snow while making his rounds during the winter of 1926-1927 despite the fact that his Ford truck was mounted on r...
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Snowy Traffic Jam

Date: 02 02 1967
Description: Winter scene of a snowstorm that hit Milwaukee just at rush hour creating a traffic headache for homebound commuters (seen here at Wisconsin and Milwaukee ...
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Stranded Motorist

Date: 03 08 1961
Description: A winter scene with passers-by helping a stranded Madison motorist during a late winter blizzard.
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Madison Snowstorm

Date: 01 30 1947
Description: Winter scene with Dave Brown (left), and Bill Pedder shoveling out cars parked on South Carroll Street on the Capitol Square, charging $1.50 and up.
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Madison Snowstorm

Date: 01 30 1947
Description: Winter scene of Robert Ernst, 207 West Washington Avenue, an airport weather communications employee, trying to shovel his car out of a snow drift.
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Madison Snowstorm

Date: 01 30 1947
Description: Winter scene with cars in a parking lot at West Washington Avenue and Fairchild Street the morning after a snowstorm, Madison, Wisconsin.
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Madison Snowstorm

Date: 01 30 1947
Description: Winter scene looking west along the first block of West Doty Street at a car stuck in a snow bank, Madison, Wisconsin.

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