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...
| The Black Hawk Country Club golf course nears completion in 1921
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| Milwaukee gymnasts take the world by storm in 1880 |
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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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| Early baseball in 1860s Baraboo |
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| A Beloit baseball team has a record-setting season in 1867 |
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| "Ikey" Karel leads the Badgers to victory in 1894 |
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| Janesville baseball player becomes assistant secretary of war |
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| La Crosse's first bowling alley built in 1846 |
| "Red" Schoendienst's World Series bat, 1957 |
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| Brett Favre jersey, 2005 |
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| An Aqualand water ski used for slalom skiing |
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| Memorabilia from the Milwaukee Braves, 1953-1965 |
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| Baseball uniform of Wittenberg's own Bill Gates, 1922 |
| Green Bay Packers game programs, 1939-1965 |
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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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| A review of the 1878-79 curling season for Milwaukee and Portage |
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| Bowling souvenir from the 1895 tournament season |
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| The Pneumatic, a progressive monthly paper for cyclists |
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| Yearbooks and scorecards from the Racine Belles |
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| Yearbooks from the Milwaukee Braves |
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| Green Bay Packers Yearbooks from the Lombardi Era |
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| A pre-season media guide to the 1967 Green Bay Packers |
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| A celebration of the Lombardi Era, 1959-67 |
| Images of baseball in Wisconsin, 1900-1965 |
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| A performance by members of the Madison Turnverein, 1939 |
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| Pictures relating to the Green Bay Packers |
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| A women's curling team in Madison |
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| Photographs of Wisconsin golfers |
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| Memorabilia from the Green Bay Packers, 1944-1968 |
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| Photographs of Wisconsin bowlers |
| Eagle River Stadium, Wisconsin's hockey capitol |
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| Carson Park Baseball Stadium in Eau Claire |
