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Babe Ruth

Date: 10 15 1934
Description: Babe Ruth, wearing a dressing gown, signing autographs from a train car during a stopover in Madison.
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Madison West High School Track Team

Date: 05 22 1945
Description: Group portrait of Madison West High School track team. Pictured in the bottom row, left to right: Tom Yorkson, Bill Weeks, Paul Toltzien, and Clyde Tarbutt...
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Lester and Robert Lee with Golf Score Card

Date: 06 12 1945
Description: Lester and Robert Lee, 4229 Wanda Place, looking at golf score card.
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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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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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Young Men Playing Basketball

Date: 1920
Description: Three young men playing basketball on an outdoor court. In the background behind a fence and tree are a group of girls, and in the center background younge...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Sponsor

Date: 06 13 1952
Description: Bobby Dommershausen, entrant in the 1952 Soap Box Derby, is pictured with members of the Sertoma club which sponsored him. Sertoma members shown left to ri...
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Basketball Game between Campers

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Description: Young male and female campers in casual dress play basketball on a grass court with trees and power lines in the background.
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Caldeno Golf

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Description: Men and women play golf at Caldeno Golf Links. Several buildings and hills are visible in the background.
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Playing Golf at Lake Chautauqua

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Description: A golfer walks across a course at Lake Chautauqua while a group of spectators looks on. A building, possibly the clubhouse, and a flag stand in the backgr...
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Playing Golf

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Description: Several golfers and caddies walk along the fairway of Shelter Island Height golf course.
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Man Golfing

Date: 1925
Description: A man wearing golf attire tees off at a golf course. Two bags of golf clubs lean against wooden benches nearby.
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Playing Baseball at Old-Point-Comfort College

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Description: Men play baseball on the campus of Old-Point-Comfort College.
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Meadow Springs Golf Club

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Description: Several men stand and sit beside a building at Meadow Springs Golf Club. The building features an elevated porch and an American flag flies from the roof.
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Herold Team of the Milwaukee Turners

Date: 09 21 1886
Description: Twenty-seven young men and George Brosius posing outdoors with sporting equipment. The young men are dressed in short sleeved shirts and pants (possibly an...
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Madison Recreation Boys Baseball

Date: 06 18 1956
Description: Ground rules are explained to Bob Annen (left) of the Lancers and Ron Estervig of H & J Stores prior to the baseball game in the West Midget Vilas No. 3 Le...
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Madison Recreation Boys Baseball

Date: 06 18 1956
Description: Umpire Carl Tyggum shows Chuck Cuccio of Bunkie's Restaurant how to wear the new plastic helmets which have been introduced this season. Manager Howard Bam...
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Swenson Grubber Baseball Team

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Description: Swenson Grubber Baseball Team. There is an older man in the center who is probably Joe Carnahan, who sold the Swenson Grubbing Machine to remove stumps. In...
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Wisconsin High School Awards Day

Date: 06 07 1957
Description: Group portrait of Wisconsin High School sports coach Hal Metzen with trophy winners Phillip (Pete) Cohen (left), and Dick Pauley (right). Five trophies are...
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Fans at a Badgers Game

Date: 1965
Description: Section of an active crowd of University of Wisconsin students yelling and cheering at a campus rally to work up spirit before a football game. Annotated: ...

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