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Winter Basketball

Date: 02 11 1955
Description: A winter scene with boys playing basketball in the snow, with temperatures around 10 below zero.
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Children and Snowman

Date: 12 1947
Description: Winter scene with two children leaning against a snowman.
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Heavy Snow

Date: 12 12 1963
Description: Winter scene with Swanson School youngsters playing in the first heavy snow of the season.
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Snowman and Child

Date: 01 19 1956
Description: Winter scene with Patty Kosinski, of 205 North Frances Street, posing on the 8-foot snowman she and her friends built.
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Twins Playing in the Snow

Date: 1903
Description: Winter scene with Jennie and Edgar Krueger (twins) playing with large blocky pieces of snow in a field. A sled is on the ground in front of them.
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Girl in Snowsuit with Sled

Date: 11 10 1944
Description: Winter scene with a young girl (possibly Polly Pyre, the daughter of Russell B. Pyre) in a snowsuit standing with an "Airline Pilot" sled.
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Children Throwing Snowballs

Date: 1939
Description: Winter scene with children throwing snowballs outdoors. The children are wearing hats and coats. There are trees and the roofs of houses in the background.
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Blizzards Are Fun

Date: 1955
Description: Winter scene with Mark Mueller, the photographer's son standing ankle deep in snow with a dog, and smiling as the snow continues to fall. The family was sl...
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Anthony and Ritchie Purnell

Date: 12 12 1944
Description: Winter scene with Anthony and Ritchie Purnell, children of Mr. and Mrs. William Purnell, 112 Kensington Drive, sitting on their snow fort.
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Children Playing in Snow

Date: 12 06 1947
Description: Winter scene with Steven (left) and David Hanson playing in the snow near their house at 1217 Vilas Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin, after a recent snowfall.
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Sledders

Date: 1905
Description: Winter scene with Muriel and Laurie Peterson, the photographer's children, reflecting on the snow conditions near their home. Laurie holds the rope of a sl...
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Defending the Igloo

Date: 1932
Description: Winter scene with boys in winter coats and hats aiming toy stick guns while posing on an igloo and fort they have built from snow. A church building forms ...
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Children with Snowman

Date: 12 06 1947
Description: Winter scene with Patty Lou Radder (left) and Ricky Radder posing in front of a snowman they built in their front yard at 3125 University Avenue after a sn...
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Danny Sinykin and His Snowman

Date: 12 07 1950
Description: Winter scene with seven year-old Danny Sinykin, son of Attorney and Mrs. Gordon (Dorothy) Sinykin, outside his home at 2741 Mason Street with the snowman h...
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Adams Children on Toboggan

Date: 12 12 1944
Description: Winter scene with the four children of Mr. and Mrs. Deane Adams, 843 Farwell Drive, Maple Bluff, on their toboggan. Left to right: Deane, Joan & Susan (twi...
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Girls Sitting on a Snowman

Date: 02 02 1947
Description: Winter scene with two young girls, Jo Ann Simon and Barbara Gatanowicz, sitting on a reclining snowman in front of the Camp Randall married student trailer...
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Brothers Playing in the Snow

Date: 01 11 1963
Description: Winter scene with two young boys playing in the snow in front of their home. Milwaukee Journal January 12, 1963 original caption: "The same snow tha...
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Children on Snow Sled with Mother

Date: 12 06 1947
Description: Winter scene with Betty Ann and Arthur G. Field on a sled in the snow with their mother Elizabeth Field kneeling next to them near a stone wall. The family...
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Students in snow outside State Industrial School for Boys

Date: 1893
Description: Winter scene with four students from the Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys standing outside on the snow-covered school grounds.
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Children Sledding on North Pinckney Street

Date: 1915
Description: Winter scene with children sledding down 400 block of North Pinckney Street, Madison, Wisconsin, including 10 boys on a coasting bobsled. Three houses are ...

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