Throughout most of human history, men and women have worked too hard to enjoy much leisure time. Leisure was a privilege for the affluent or a reward for hard work rather than a right in itself. For most people, only the weekly Sabbath days, which already had specific purposes, broke up the incessant struggle for food, shelter and clothing. Indeed, the Sabbath day of rest was the cause of a persistent social conflict in nineteenth and early twentieth century Wisconsin: Yankee Protestants often tried to impose laws regulating the conduct of Catholic immigrants who enjoyed beer gardens, picnics, sports, and... more...
| La Crosse's first bowling alley built in 1846 |
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| A Beloit baseball team has a record-setting season in 1867 |
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| Early baseball in 1860s Baraboo |
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| The Black Hawk Country Club golf course nears completion in 1921
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| Janesville baseball player becomes assistant secretary of war |
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| Programs and scorecards from the Kenosha Comets |
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| Men in La Crosse form a Toboggan Club, 1885 |
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| An 1897 bamboo bicycle |
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| "Ikey" Karel leads the Badgers to victory in 1894 |
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| Milwaukee gymnasts take the world by storm in 1880 |
| Baseball uniform of Wittenberg's own Bill Gates, 1922 |
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| Brett Favre jersey, 2005 |
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| "Red" Schoendienst's World Series bat, 1957 |
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| An Aqualand water ski used for slalom skiing |
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| Memorabilia from the Milwaukee Braves, 1953-1965 |
| A review of the 1878-79 curling season for Milwaukee and Portage |
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| Yearbooks and scorecards from the Racine Belles |
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| The Pneumatic, a progressive monthly paper for cyclists |
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| Green Bay Packers Yearbooks from the Lombardi Era |
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| Pre-season media guides to the 1966-1967 Green Bay Packers teams |
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| Green Bay Packers game programs, 1939-1965 |
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| A celebration of the Lombardi Era, 1959-67 |
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| Yearbooks from the Milwaukee Braves |
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| The sports and games of Indians |
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| The Oshkosh Base Ball Club from 1872-1913 |
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| Bowling souvenir from the 1895 tournament season |
| Memorabilia from the Green Bay Packers, 1944-1968 |
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| Photographs of Wisconsin bowlers |
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| Photographs of Wisconsin golfers |
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| Images of baseball in Wisconsin, 1900-1965 |
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| A women's curling team in Madison |
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| Pictures relating to the Green Bay Packers |
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| A performance by members of the Madison Turnverein, 1939 |
| Eagle River Stadium, Wisconsin's hockey capitol |
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| Carson Park Baseball Stadium in Eau Claire |
