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Workers Relaxing Outside Milwaukee Works

Date: 1914
Description: Workers relaxing outside International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. One group is crowded around a stage listening to a band while others are playing baseba...
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Sandlot Baseball Game

Date: 1921
Description: Young men playing baseball in a park or open field. The men may be employees of the International Harvester Company at a factory or office picnic.
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Babe Ruth

Date: 10 15 1934
Description: Babe Ruth, wearing dressing gown, stands in the doorway of a train and signs autographs for clamoring fans, with a train porter in uniform standing by.
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Harvester Club Picnic

Date: 07 22 1922
Description: A young boy holding a baseball bat at a Harvester Club picnic.
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George E. (Duffy) Lewis

Date: 04 13 1956
Description: Portrait of Milwaukee Braves traveling secretary George Edward "Duffy" Lewis. After a notable major league career with the Red Sox, Yankees and Senators, L...
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"Hoppy" Corcoran and Roundy Coughlin

Date: 11 29 1951
Description: Four-year-old baseball enthusiast "Hoppy " Corcoran, center, enjoys a laugh with Wisconsin State Journal columnist Roundy Coughlin, right. Looking o...
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Chicago White Sox Officials Speak to Dane County Bar Association

Date: 11 16 1953
Description: Major league baseball's reserve clause was the topic at a meeting of the Dane County Bar Association. Pictured are: Frank Lane, Chicago White Sox general m...
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Joe E. Brown

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: Comedic actor Joe E. Brown holding a baseball, with an unidentified man standing behind him..
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WIBA Sports Telephones

Date: 05 24 1957
Description: The WIBA automatic telephone system which will give latest baseball scores is tested on first day of operation. Shown testing the phones are Norman Hahn, W...
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Madison Newspaper Carriers' Braves Outing

Date: 06 29 1958
Description: Joan Boeker (left), and Julia and Glarice Pierce with their newspaper carrier son, LeRoy, watching the Milwaukee Brave's game at a stadium.
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Madison Newspaper Carriers' Braves Outing

Date: 06 29 1958
Description: Madison newspaper carrier John Yount and his parents, Helen and Paul Yount, watch a Braves game in Milwaukee.
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Madison Newspaper Carriers' Braves Outing

Date: 06 29 1958
Description: Chris Willadsen (left), son Steven Willadsen, and Gudrun Willadsen enjoy a Milwaukee Braves baseball game outing for newspaper carriers and their families.
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Madison Newspaper Carriers' Braves Outing

Date: 06 29 1958
Description: Thomas Wagner and his parents, R.D. and Ernestine Wagner, watch a Milwaukee Braves baseball game.
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Cliff Adkison of Breese Stevens Retires

Date: 05 01 1964
Description: Cliff Adkison, grounds keeper at Breese Stevens field for 26 years. He was honored by the school board for his varied services.
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Men Preparing Baseball Diamond

Date: 07 03 1926
Description: A group of men are using a tractor to prepare a baseball diamond.
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Men Working on Grounds for Baseball Stadium

Date: 07 03 1926
Description: Group of men working on the grounds of a baseball stadium. One man is sitting in a truck which has a painted sign on the side that reads: "D.S.C. City of N...
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Milwaukee Braves Branch Ticket Office

Date: 03 01 1954
Description: View looking down at a line of men and women waiting to buy tickets to Milwaukee Braves baseball games at the branch ticket office located in the basement ...
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Milwaukee Braves Branch Ticket Office

Date: 03 01 1954
Description: View down the line of people waiting to buy tickets for Milwaukee Braves baseball games at The Hub clothing store in downtown Madison, where the branch tic...
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Brewers Guests

Date: 05 20 1970
Description: Two smiling men are standing together, both wearing baseball caps with an "M" on them. The man on the left has just thrown a baseball. Caption reads: "BREW...
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World's Largest Insurance Policy

Date: 07 18 1958
Description: Three men next to a large poster with the words: "World's Largest Insurance Policy issued to Milwaukee Braves on behalf of Citizens of Wisconsin. Vernon Th...

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