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Pulling a Toboggan

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Description: A young woman is pulling a a boy laying in a toboggan across the snow. Trees are behind them.
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Sleigh Riders

Date: 1935
Description: Winter scene with two women wearing hats and coats in a sleigh pulled by a white horse over snow, Eagle River, Wisconsin. A man stands beside the sleigh, a...
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Outdoor Portrait of European American Couple

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Description: Outdoor portrait of an unidentified woman and man posing sitting in a chair or sled in a grassy yard in front of trees and bushes. The woman is wearing a l...
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Students in Snow in front of School

Date: 1920
Description: Students in winter attire pose on the snowy lawn of the school. A few of the children have sleds. A woman stands near the arched entrance of the school bui...
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Men, Woman and Dog Posing with a Sled

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Description: A woman and dog sit in an egg-shell cutter that is hitched to a horse while two men stand to the side.
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Sleigh on Main Street

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Description: Exterior portrait of three men and a woman posing sitting in a sleigh being pulled by a team of two horses on a snow-covered road in town. Location identif...
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Outdoor Group Portrait of Women and Children on a Bridge

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Description: Exterior portrait of a group of women and children standing on a wooden sidewalk and bridge in a residential neighborhood on a snowy day.
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Couple in Cutter Sleigh

Date: 1900
Description: Winter scene with a man and woman sitting in a cutter sleigh pulled by a two-horse team, possibly driven by Harvey Risliands.
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Group with Horse-Drawn Sled in the Timber Lands

Date: 1906
Description: Horse-drawn load of 6000 ft. of pine logs, accompanied by a cornet player and two women, at the Weinkauf & Co. timber lands.
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Group Portrait of Women and Children in a Sled

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of women and children posing standing on a sled hitched to a single horse. There is a dog on the porch of a a wooden building on the...
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Logging Camp

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Description: Logging camp with numerous bobsleds loaded with logs. Two men and two women are posed sitting in a sleigh pulled by a team of two horses in front of a wood...
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Family and Their Log Home

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Description: Group portrait of a man, girl, and a woman holding a broom, standing in front of a log house, surrounded by snow-covered ground. There is another person st...
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Group Portrait of Unidentified Family and Unidentified Residence

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Description: Group portrait of a man, a woman and four children posing in front of their log home. A small girl is standing on a sled near the doorway.
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Woman and a Girl on a Sled

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Description: Outdoor view of a woman posing standing on a sled pulled by a horse. She is holding a small girl show is standing on the seat of the sled. Another girl is ...
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Logging Scene

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Description: View across snow towards men, women and children. Some people in the group are standing in the snow on the ground, and the other people are standing on top...
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William Irvine and Child in Horse-Drawn Sleigh

Date: 1900
Description: Winter scene with William Irvine (1851-1927) seated in his sleigh next to his daughter Ruth (1891-1987) wearing a hat and wrapped in furs, Chippewa Falls, ...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Co. Catalog Front and Back Cover

Date: 1885
Description: The front cover features a color illustration of a man and woman relaxing near a lake or river. The woman is sitting on a chair under an umbrella painting ...
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A.F. Werner Store Advertisement

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Description: Woman posing outdoors standing next to an advertisement for the A.F. Werner Store, which is attached to a sleigh on a snow-covered street. The large poster...
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Ice Fishing on Lake Mendota

Date: 01 19 1951
Description: Helen Viktora and Magdalen Viktora ice fish on Lake Mendota.
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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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