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The Snow Flyer
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Winter scene with Harold O. Hornburg of Hartland, Wisconsin, who stated that "he is standing on the front of the machine with his hands on his hips. His buddy, Allen D. Wilde (behind with his arm resting on the top of the machine), also from Hartland, and another unidentified friend, made this vehicle as a recreational venture from a Model T Ford chassis (like an early snowmobile), and attempted to get to Milwaukee during a heavy snowfall. They did."Described in an ad from the Mission House (now Lakeland College Spectrum), 1929, as The Snow Flyer, made by The Snow Flyer Corp., New Holstein, Wisconsin.
1925
Taylor, J. Robert
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WHi 49479
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Man in Snow Near Automobile
1925
Winter scene with a man dressed in a winter coat and hat standing in the snow in front of a car.
Snow-Covered Streetcar
1910
Winter scene with snow-covered street car. A sign on the storefront behind the street car reads: "[Wool]worth Co. 5 and 10".
Winter Street Scene
1914
Snow covers a streetcar and pedestrians walk through a snow-covered street.
Group of Women Crossing Street
A line of pedestrians cross a busy street near a building with a sign for Gimbels Brothers.
Windy Street Scene
A street scene with pedestrians and police officer on a windy day in downtown Milwaukee.
Pedestrians near the Wisconsin National Bank
Several pedestrians walking near the Wisconsin National Bank building.
