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Flag Day Events

Date: 06 14 1940
Description: Boy Scouts and others recite the Pledge of Allegiance during Madison's first public Flag Day ceremony held at the UW football stadium.
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University of Wisconsin Historical Decorative Map

Date: 1949
Description: Color bird's-eye map of the University of Wisconsin-Madison as it was midcentury, with two co-eds, several photographs of campus landmarks around edges, an...
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Blackbourn Receives All-Star Award

Date: 09 22 1946
Description: Lisle Blackbourn Jr., former Milwaukee Washington high school star playing for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was awarded a trophy as the most outsta...
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Group Portrait of Milwaukee Brewers

Date: 1909
Description: Group portrait of the Milwaukee Brewers of the American Association on a field with a stadium in the background. Some of the players have their gloves with...
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Woman Gymnast

Date: 06 18 1938
Description: Hazel Sherman performing outside on the parallel bars at the Rufus King High School Stadium. The event was the Wisconsin State Turnfest.
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W Club Day

Date: 09 26 1959
Description: Two of Wisconsin's athletic greats watch Saturday's football game together. Chris Steinmetz, left, is the "Father of Wisconsin Basketball," and Pat O'Dea w...
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W Club Day

Date: 09 26 1959
Description: Rain dampens fans' spirit as they nestled in the shelter of the field house under the scoreboard during the first quarter of the W Club Day football game.
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Players holding WIAA State Championship Trophy

Date: 11 1994
Description: Dave Vanden Boom, #50, and Mike Lange, #52, proudly hold aloft the WIAA State Championship Division 4 Trophy after the Mayville Cardinals win big against B...
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Shrine-Knights of Columbus Benefit Show

Date: 08 07 1957
Description: Happy faces of adults and children in the audience crowd at the Shrine-Knights of Columbus benefit show at Breese Stevens Field.
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Shrine-Knights of Columbus Benefit Show

Date: 08 07 1957
Description: A handicapped child is enjoying the Shrine-Knights of Columbus benefit show at Breese Stevens Field. Her crutches are laying beside her chair. Her T-shirt ...
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Shrine-Knights of Columbus Benefit Show

Date: 08 07 1957
Description: Journalist Joseph "Roundy" Coughlin is riding a camel at the Shrine-Knights of Columbus benefit show at Breese Stevens Field. He was honored for his work w...
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Shrine-Knights of Columbus Benefit Show

Date: 08 07 1957
Description: Wisconsin Governor Vernon W. Thomson atop a camel at the Shrine-Knights of Columbus benefit show at Breese Stevens Field. Shriners in their fezzes are belo...
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Shrine-Knights of Columbus Benefit Show

Date: 08 07 1957
Description: Alice in Wonderland, Doris Olsen of Brooklyn, is sitting on a camel at the Shrine-Knights of Columbus benefit show at Breese Stevens Field. Shriners in the...
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Shrine-Knights of Columbus Benefit Show

Date: 08 07 1957
Description: Dawn Huett performs on a trampoline at the Shrine-Knights of Columbus benefit show at Breese Stevens Field. Men squat to spot her, and other child performe...
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Shrine-Knights of Columbus Benefit Show

Date: 08 07 1957
Description: Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps at the Shrine-Knights of Columbus benefit show are performing in the middle of Breese Stevens Field. The stadium lights...
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Shrine-Knights of Columbus Benefit Show

Date: 08 07 1957
Description: Red-headed Mary Spoerl getting up nerve to ride a camel at the Shrine-Knights of Columbus benefit show at Breese Stevens Field. She is disabled and is bein...
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Shrine-Knights of Columbus Benefit Show

Date: 08 07 1957
Description: A woman and a disabled child with crutches leaving the field after the Shrine-Knights of Columbus benefit show at Breese Stevens. They are walking past a d...
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Shrine-Knights of Columbus Benefit Show

Date: 08 07 1957
Description: Mark Struve, in a clown suit, is being held by his mother, Mrs. Edward Struve, at the Shrine-Knights of Columbus benefit show at Breese Stevens Field. They...
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Shrine-Knights of Columbus Benefit Show

Date: 08 07 1957
Description: Bandleader Monty Hacker dressed in a clown suit and with smiling makeup on his face at the Shrine-Knights of Columbus benefit show at Breese Stevens Field....
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Madison Drum & Bugle Corp

Date: 08 22 1957
Description: Family and friends waving goodbye to the Boy Scout Corps prior to their departure on a trip to Florida to compete in the VFW national competition. They are...

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