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Attractions of Green Bay

Date: 1957
Description: Composite image of "Packerland U.S.A." including prominent attractions: Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers, NFL Football team; the Brown County A...
Poster

International Truck Advertising Poster

Date: 1984
Description: Advertising poster featuring color photograph of former National Football League player Johnny Unitas standing with his foot on the front bumper of an Inte...
Photograph

Skaters in the Great Lakes Championships at Eckel Park in West Allis

Date: 
Description: Silhouetted in the dusk, skaters raced for the two mile title in the Great lakes championships at Eckel Park, West Allis. Verner Kappes, of West Allis, led...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Men Riding a Cow

Date: 1916
Description: Three men ride a dairy cow on a dirt road, while a fourth pulls at the cow's tail. Of the three men, one is holding a tennis racket, one is holding a golf ...
Document

Letter to "Packer Backers"

Date: 04 1953
Description: A letter form Green Bay Packers president Russ Bogda addressed "Dear Packer Backer."
Poster

Madison Colored Giants Baseball Team Event Poster

Date: 07 12 1931
Description: Poster for baseball game featuring the I.G.A. baseball team playing the Madison Colored Giants, a team with a state-wide reputation for presenting baseball...
Postcard

Hayward Indian School Students

Date: 1889
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of five Hayward Indian School students, possibly a basketball team, from L to R: John C...
Print

Green Bay Packers Place Mat

Date: 1976
Description: Place mat featuring portraits of eleven players of the Green Bay Packers and a Lambeau Field seating chart. Players include: Lynn Dickey (quarterback), Joh...
Book or Pamphlet

The Fabulous Green Bay Packers

Date: 1968
Description: Cover of a Milwaukee Journal publication commemorating the Green Bay Packers 1967 championship season. The cover features a drawing by Gregg Klees o...
Print

Packers Official Program

Date: 1939
Description: Cover of an official program for the football game between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Cardinals played at Wisconsin State Fair Park. The cover f...
Poster

Athletes For The President

Date: 1972
Description: A President Nixon re-election poster with approximately 360 signatures of athletes (appearing in alphabetical order) on it. At the top of the poster is the...
Poster

Nixon's The One!

Date: 1968
Description: Political campaign poster that features a drawing of Richard Nixon surrounded by contemporary celebrities and politicians in the center. He is wearing a bu...
Print

Athletic Games at Gilmore's Concert Garden, New York

Date: 12 1875
Description: Composite of engraved images of men involved in various athletic activities: fencing, weightlifting, juggling with clubs and cannon balls, wrestling, and b...
Magazine or Periodical

Bicycle Race

Date: 09 1886
Description: Engraved image of a drawing by Henry Sandham showing six bicycle racers on a track with a large crowd of spectators in the stands and along the side of the...
Photograph

Terry Andrae

Date: 1892
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Terry Andrae, who is wearing several medals on his chest won in bicycle races.
Book or Pamphlet

All-Star Game Souvenir Score Card

Date: 07 1933
Description: Unused souvenir score card for the first Major League Baseball All-Star Game played in 1933. The scoring method was patented by Joe Marr in 1931. Instructi...
Print

Autographed Hank Aaron Print

Date: 1967
Description: Waist-up portrait of Hank Aaron in his Atlanta Braves uniform. The print is autographed at the top.
Poster

Remember The Boys In France! — Write Them Often

Date: 1918
Description: This poster features an image of a large crowd of people watching a few men speaking on Wall Street. One man, Charles Brickley, is kicking a pigskin over t...
Magazine or Periodical

1960 Green Bay Packers Yearbook

Date: 1960
Description: Cover of the Green Bay Packers 1960 Yearbook featuring a photograph from the Packer-Lion game of October 4, 1959 showing Halfback, Paul Hornung on an end s...
Book or Pamphlet

1947 Racine Belles Year Book Cover

Date: 1947
Description: Front cover of the 1947 Racine Belles baseball team year book featuring a drawing of a woman in catcher's gear.

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