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Gymnastics Team

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Description: A male gymnastics team posing in front of a building.
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Jogging Group

Date: 09 13 1968
Description: YMCA running club members take a run.
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Lake Mendota Boathouse

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Description: View from shoreline of a crew rowing a Pabst Shell on Lake Mendota near the University of Wisconsin-Madison boathouse, with two men in a canoe and people s...
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Baseball Game at Tractor Works

Date: 1924
Description: Baseball game at Tractor Works, an International Harvester factory.
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University of Wisconsin Field House

Date: 03 12 1930
Description: The University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House frame under construction, with novoid corkboard being installed on the south bleachers of Camp Randall in t...
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University of Wisconsin Cheerleader

Date: 1903
Description: A male cheerleader with megaphone leading the crowd at a University of Wisconsin football (?) game. The band performs at the front of the crowd.
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University of Wisconsin Crew Rowing

Date: 02 23 1953
Description: University of Wisconsin crew gets into their shell from the dock on the Yahara River with Trachte boat houses in the background. View looking northwest tow...
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NCAA Boxing Committee

Date: 03 25 1947
Description: Members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association boxing committee meeting at the Madison Club prior to the national tournament held at the Universit...
Poster

Health and Safety Poster on Employee Clubs

Date: 1916
Description: Poster or signboard with the title: "Clubs - Fostered for Good Fellowship; Recreation for Good Health." promoting International Harvester's ideas on the im...
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UW Football Dinner

Date: 12 09 1947
Description: University of Wisconsin's annual football banquet in the Crystal Ballroom of the Loraine Hotel. Speakers of the evening included: back row, L to R: Jack Wi...
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Myles Horton in a Football Uniform

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Description: A young Myles Horton wearing football attire.
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Throwing Horseshoes at Highlander

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Description: A man throwing horseshoes at the back of Highlander Folk School.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Boathouse and Red Gym

Date: 1906
Description: View towards shoreline from Lake Mendota of University of Wisconsin-Madison varsity men's rowing crew. People are watching from the boathouse in the backgr...
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Camp Randall Bleachers

Date: 1916
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison bleachers at Camp Randall Field undergoing weight test for proper load. They should support 6900 pounds per girder with max...
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State High School Basketball Tournament

Date: 1957
Description: A player attempts a shot at the Wisconsin State high school basketball tournament, held in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House.
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UW vs. Idaho Boxing Match

Date: 02 17 1950
Description: University of Wisconsin boxer Jimmy "Red" Sreenan, left, receives a left-handed punch from University of Idaho boxer DeForest Tovey during a boxing match.
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UW vs. Idaho Boxing Match

Date: 02 17 1950
Description: University of Wisconsin boxer Steve Gremban, right, wards off two-fisted blows by University of Idaho boxer Frank Eschevarria.
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Camp Upton

Date: 1918
Description: Soldiers standing outside a military building at Camp Upton, built in 1917. Some soldiers play basketball while others observe.
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Playing Polo on Horseback

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Description: Polo players on horseback wear team uniforms while playing on a grass field. A multi-storied building stands in the background.
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Playing Lawn Tennis

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Description: Men and women play lawn tennis (?) on the grass common in front of an academy.

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