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Eddie Mathews Slides into Home

Date: 07 07 1957
Description: Eddie Mathews, third baseman for the Milwaukee Braves baseball team, sliding into home plate. Chicago Cubs catcher Cal Neeman is applying the tag as Braves...
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Fans at Baseball Game

Date: 1960
Description: Close-up of fans shouting at a Milwaukee Braves baseball game.
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McMahon Signs Autographs

Date: 07 25 1967
Description: Chicago White Sox pitcher, Don McMahon, signs autographs for fans before a game.
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University of Wisconsin College Track Event

Date: 1948
Description: Mal Whitfield approaches the finish line of a track race at the University of Wisconsin Stadium.
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Children Racing

Date: 07 10 1971
Description: Children in a foot race.
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Bowman & Kenosha Softball Teams

Date: 09 05 1935
Description: Bowman softball team in uniform and Kenosha Ke-Nash-As softball team in uniform. There are spectators in the bleachers behind the teams at Breese Stevens F...
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The Milwaukee Mile Racetrack

Date: 1951
Description: A photographer stands close to the Milwaukee Mile racetrack with camera poised to capture the action as the stock cars competing in the race speed by him. ...
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Tailgating at Milwaukee County Stadium

Date: 12 02 1962
Description: A group of Madison residents, l-r. Mrs. Arthur Freeman, JoAnn Brandt, Scott Freeman, and Mrs. Mary Engler set up their own "refreshment headquarters" on th...
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Class at YWCA

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Description: Excercise class at the Young Women's Christian Association.
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Mayville Baseball Game

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Description: Young fans cheer as a runner races home on a grounder to short during a Mayville Recreation Department baseball game.
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Harness Racing at Washington Park

Date: 07 12 1914
Description: Crowds at the race course watching harness racing in Washington Park. There are three racers, and a crowd of spectators is sitting in the grandstands, on t...
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Milwaukee County Stadium

Date: 04 08 1978
Description: Elevated view from behind home plate of a Milwaukee Brewers Baseball game at Milwaukee County Stadium.
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Horse Track at Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A KRNT radio broadcaster sitting on a platform above a horse track at the Iowa State Fair as another man on the right is filming the race for television. A...
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Racetrack Audience at Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A large crowd sits in stadium-style bleachers to watch a horse race at the Iowa State Fair.
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Race Car

Date: 1930
Description: A race car driver and passenger sit in their racer, No. 16, in front of a grandstand. Both wear goggles; the passenger wears a leather helmet. The spectato...
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Kiltie Invitational Bonspeil

Date: 02 27 1967
Description: Spectators view of a curling match at Riverside Park.
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Farmall M at Cheyenne Frontier Days

Date: 1947
Description: View across ring towards a Farmall M pulling a peg-tooth harrow at the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo. Two men are riding on horseback near the tractor. Peop...
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Wesley Matthews Sr. on the Dribble

Date: 12 01 1979
Description: Wesley Matthews Sr. drives around East Tennessee State guard Rusty Poole during a game of the Wisconsin Invitational as a crowd of spectators watches. Matt...
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Camp Randall Historic Marker

Date: 10 28 1961
Description: The dedication ceremony of the Camp Randall historical marker was part of the halftime entertainment of the Wisconsin versus Ohio State football game. Gove...
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County Executive John Doyne Pitching

Date: 04 08 1970
Description: A man wearing a suit has just tossed a baseball. Three men are standing behind him taking photographs. Caption reads: "County Executive John Doyne showed h...

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