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Merry Christmas Greeting Card

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Description: Woodcut illustration of four people snowshoeing through the woods at night. There are stars in the sky. One person is pulling a cut pine tree, and another ...
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Toboggan Slide

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Description: Groups of people ride sleds down a toboggan slide. People at the bottom of the hill are watching from both sides of the slide.
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St. Paul Ice Carnival, Ice Palace

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Description: St. Paul Ice Carnival. Main entrance and central tower of ice palace. One person is walking in the foreground, and another person is standing under the ent...
Postcard

Logging Scene

Date: 1903
Description: Group of people standing around a tall stack of logs chained together on a sled. People are in a horse-drawn sled on the right. Caption reads: "Logging Sce...
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UWM Protest Against Apartheid

Date: 12 10 1977
Description: Several people wearing coats, hats, and gloves are walking in a circle outside a building. One person is holding a sign that reads: "Drop the Holdings, Est...
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Flooded River near Houses

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Description: Blocks of snow and ice are piled up in a river at a bridge. A large group of people are standing on the bridge in the background. A person on the left has ...
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People on Sled

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Description: Elevated view of a group of people posing on and around horse-drawn sleds. There is a man on the porch of the building in the background.
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Through the Arch

Date: 01 15 1933
Description: Winter scene with two people on a sled leaving a wake of powdered snow as they pass through the arch at the end of a man-made run. Other people watch in th...
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Ho-Chunk Person Walking Across Snow

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Description: Winter scene with an unidentified person, probably Native American, wrapped in a blanket walking across the snow. In the background the wigwam poles (ciisu...
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Waukesha County Peace Council Vigil

Date: 12 20 1983
Description: Several people standing together outdoors holding candles. Three people are wearing signs that read: "Waukesha County Peace Council," "PEACE and JUSTICE to...
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Minnehaha Falls

Date: 1921
Description: View towards four people walking up to the frozen Minnehaha Falls in Minnehaha Park.
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Vernon County in Winter

Date: 02 20 1985
Description: View looking downhill towards a young person walking across a road near snowy fields and hills in Vernon County.
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Dispersal of Fish

Date: 02 1935
Description: People receiving fish at a relief station in the wintertime.
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People Shoveling Out Cars

Date: 12 03 1990
Description: View up snow-covered street towards people shoveling out cars stuck in the snow. Some vehicles are being driven in the street.
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Soo Line Train Wreck

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Description: Elevated view of people standing around the engine of "Soo Line" wreck in winter.
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Nuclear Free

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Description: Two people hug on the left while four other people picket on the sidewalk on the right. Two women carry signs, with one sign reading: "Reclaim Missile Silo...
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Skiing through the Woods

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Description: A group of people are cross country skiing through the woods.
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Snowmobiling

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Description: View looking towards a group of people driving snowmobiles down a hill.
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Skating on Deer Lake

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Description: People ice skate on Deer Lake, surrounded by a forested area.
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Lillian Wheeler Toboganning

Date: 02 29 1916
Description: Toddler Lillian Wheeler is tobogganing down the snowy chute with her mother Anna Holt Wheeler, and a third person is sitting behind Anna. There is a house ...

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