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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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Snow in the Night

Date: 1953
Description: Winter scene of a Milwaukee residential street corner with snow at night.
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Winter Snow Storm

Date: 12 07 1950
Description: A winter scene of a man clearing his car windshield of snow at the corner of South Carroll Street and West Wilson Street, Madison, Wisconsin, after a winte...
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Winter Snow Storm

Date: 12 07 1950
Description: Winter scene with a man and two children navigating the snowy sidewalk on East Main Street on the Capitol Square after a winter storm that dropped eight in...
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Yahara River in Winter

Date: 01 26 1954
Description: Winter scene of the Yahara River lined with trees coated in hoarfrost as seen from Sherman Avenue Bridge at Tenney Park. A snow-covered pier is jutting out...
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Winter Scene

Date: 01 20 1954
Description: Winter scene along the Yahara river near the East Johnson Street bridge at Thornton Avenue. Ice is coating the tree limbs, and steam is rising from the wat...
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Christmas in Buffalo County

Date: 1950
Description: Winter scene of a snow-covered hillside with a farm below.
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New Snow

Date: 1954
Description: Winter scene at Brown Deer Park, a clearing surrounded by pine trees after a heavy snowfall.
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Shoveling Snow

Date: 1959
Description: Winter scene with Shirley Widmer, the photographer's wife, shoveling snow after a big snowstorm.
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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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Skiing near Greenbush

Date: 1951
Description: Winter scene with skiers getting ready to push off, with bundled-up observers looking on in the foreground.
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Winter Snow Storm

Date: 12 07 1950
Description: Winter scene with slowed traffic at the corner of South Carroll Street and West Wilson Street, after a storm dropped eight inches of snow on Madison, Wisco...
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Shoveling Snow

Date: 1959
Description: Winter scene of Shirley Widmer, the photographer's wife, digging out a snow-covered sidewalk. Caption: "Shirley Widmer digs out after a big snowstorm."
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Winter Night Street Scene

Date: 12 01 1955
Description: Neon lights up Wisconsin Avenue on a winter night in Milwaukee.
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Lewis Arms on a Sled

Date: 1957
Description: Winter scene with Lewis Arms sitting on a sled in the snow at his uncle Otis Arms's farm, Hillsboro (Vernon Co.), Wisconsin.
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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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Winterset

Date: 1956
Description: Winter scene at Brown Deer Park of snow-covered pine trees, with a view of a building in the distance between the trees.
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Pedestrians in a Snowstorm

Date: 12 29 1954
Description: Winter scene with pedestrians standing on the sidewalk near a downtown street waiting for bus transportation in a snowstorm. Probably at Capitol Square.
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Snow Sculpture

Date: 01 16 1951
Description: Winter scene with snow sculptures of three deer created by Steven Field, 16, stands in the front yard of his parents' home at 4233 Beverly Road.
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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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