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| Date: | 01 25 1911 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of a winter scene with men fishing on a frozen lake. Two men pull on the line attached to the fish's mouth, while one holds an axe above its h... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view up the river. The trees along the shoreline are reflected in the water. Caption reads: "North Branch of the Oconto River at Chut... |
| Date: | 11 07 1907 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a frozen body of water. Ice and snow mostly cover a pond or river, with some open water. Bare trees and a barbed wire fence are in... |
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| Description: | Winter view of the lighthouse at Port Washington from the icy shore of Lake Michigan. Two people can be seen standing on a pier in the distance. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Postcard view of three men on an elevated walk on an icy pier near the shoreline. A women and young boy stand on the pier below the walk. There is a lighth... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a compilation of three views from around Berlin. Includes a view of a house near the river, a steamboat on the river, and a snow-c... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the town with snow on the ground. Houses are near an intersection in the foreground, and homes and commercial buildings are along the shor... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | A view captioned "Looking North from Butlers' Bridge, Montello, Wis." features a shed with a snow covered roof reflected in the Montello River. There is ic... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored photomechanical view of Chetek. Chetek Lake is in the background on the right. The water tower is in the center. Caption reads: "Bird's-Eye Vi... |
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| Description: | View through barbed-wire fence towards a dam on the Chippewa River near Holcombe. The river is partially frozen, and snow is on the ground. |
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| Description: | A sepia-toned photographic postcard of Picnic Point as seen from Observatory Drive. The lake is frozen and snow is on the ground. |
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| Description: | View of ice and snow-covered trees and frozen Lake Mendota. Bascom Hall is on a hill on the horizon. Caption reads: "Winter Scene — Lake Mendota, Mad... |
| Date: | 02 1979 |
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| Description: | View of the forehead and torch of a replica of the Statue of Liberty installed by the Pail and Shovel Party on the snow-covered ice of Lake Mendota. Text o... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Ice Cave. Winter on Lake Michigan. Racine, Wis." The logo for the Detroit Publishing Company is in the lower right corner. Water leve... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Crystal Grotto. Winter on Lake Michigan. Racine, Wis." Water level view of an ice cave on the rocky shore. So many icicles are hangin... |
| Date: | 12 29 1914 |
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| Description: | New Years postcard with a drawing of a home with trees, in the snow, near a stream. Text reads: "A Happy New Year. All good Wishes for a bright and happy N... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Brooks & Ross Sawmill & Dam, Schofield, Wis. 1909." The dam and millpond with the sawmill behind it. There are multiple buildings wit... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Greetings from Silver Cliff." On reverse it reads: "Snowbound Creek." A creek runs through snow covered woods, and a bridge is in the... |
| Date: | 08 07 1908 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Ice Breaking Up, Spring '08, Lake Kegonsa, Stoughton, Wis." Broken chunks of ice are piled on the shore of Lake Kegonsa during the sp... |
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| Description: | Caption on front reads: "Princess III in Action". A view across the lake towards the Princess III on Lake Monona with the Fauerbach Brewery in the b... |
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