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Julie Horton, of Madison, takes advantage of a 70-degree day Nov. 2 to have a picnic lunch and read to her children — Mabel, 5, and Gilbert, 2, left — at Vilas Beach on Lake Wingra.
Photos: Remembering the monster blizzard of 1947 in Madison
View toward the Capitol
The view toward the Capitol from Monona Avenue (now Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.) at Doty Street after a blizzard buried the area in 13.5 inches of snow on Jan. 30, 1947.
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Shoveling out cars
Dave Brown, left, and Bill Pedder shovel out cars parked on South Carroll Street on the Capitol Square, charging $1.50 and up, Jan. 30, 1947. Photo by State Journal photographer Arthur Vinje.
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Car snowed under
Robert Ernst, 207 W. Washington Ave., an airport weather communications employee, tries to shovel his car out of a snow drift Jan. 30, 1947. Photo by State Journal photographer Arthur Vinje.
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Heavy blanket of snow
Heavy snow blankets cars in a parking lot at West Washington Avenue and Fairchild Street the morning after a snowstorm Jan. 30, 1947. Photo by State Journal photographer Arthur Vinje.
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Looking west on West Doty Street
Looking west along the first block of West Doty Street on Jan. 30, 1947. Photo by State Journal photographer Arthur Vinje.
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State Journal front page Jan. 30, 1947
Wisconsin State Journal front page from Jan. 30, 1947.
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Julie Horton, of Madison, takes advantage of a 70-degree day Nov. 2 to have a picnic lunch and read to her children — Mabel, 5, and Gilbert, 2, left — at Vilas Beach on Lake Wingra.
