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Jogging Group

Date: 09 13 1968
Description: YMCA running club members take a run.
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Handball Champions

Date: 05 01 1937
Description: Five YMCA handball champions posing for a group portrait.
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Basketball Team

Date: 01 22 1930
Description: Group portrait of YMCA Triangles basketball team, and three coaches.
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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Men's State Volleyball Meet Teams

Date: 04 28 1947
Description: Men's state volleyball championship team from the Milwaukee YMCA. Members of the team are Stephen Burican, Robert Gromey, Boden Davis, Clarence Decker, Cla...
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Men's State Volleyball Meet Teams

Date: 04 28 1947
Description: Racine YMCA volleyball team that was second in the men's state volleyball meet in Madison.
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Y.M.C.A. Hiking Group

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Description: A Y.M.C.A. hiking group of men and boys posed standing on the edge of a sandy drop in a field. A house and trees are in the background. Most of the group i...
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YMCA Boys Basketball School

Date: 11 30 1950
Description: University of Wisconsin basketball coach Harold "Bud" Foster talks with three boys about the first annual YMCA boys basketball school. The boys are, from l...
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YMCA Boys Basketball Clinic

Date: 12 16 1950
Description: Receiving a diploma for attending the Basketball Clinic from YMCA physical education director Don Brault are: Carl Tyggrum, Bob Coltern, Bob Baker, and an ...
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Jimmy Demetral Gets Award

Date: 04 30 1952
Description: Walt Engelke (left), principal at Nakoma school, presents a large testimonial award certificate with many signatures honoring ex-wrestler Jimmy Demetral (r...
Print

Merry Christmas

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday card with a soldier in a tan uniform reading a book with a little girl. The cover of the book says "FRENCH." She has a blonde ponytail with a blue ...
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YMCA Camp Wakanda

Date: 08 04 1953
Description: A scene from YMCA's day camp at Camp Wakanda, located on the shore of Lake Mendota. Archery counselor, William A. Galster, checks arrows on a target with ...
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YMCA Camp Wakanda

Date: 08 03 1953
Description: A scene at YMCA's day camp at Camp Wakanda, located on a shore of Lake Mendota. Counselor Rick Dettloff, standing on a pier, steadies a canoe for Jerry Han...
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YMCA Camp Wakanda

Date: 07 04 1953
Description: A scene from YWCA's day camp at Camp Wakonda, located on a shore of Lake Mendota. During craft time, Gerald Peck, James Foster, and Russell Bright paint sm...
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Invitational Archery Meet

Date: 03 07 1954
Description: A man is standing with bow and arrows at the target of the first annual invitational indoor archery meet held at the YMCA range. He is probably George Van ...
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Police Judo Instructions

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Description: A man is thrown into the air by another man during judo instruction at the YMCA.
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Police Training in Judo

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Description: A man throws another man onto the mat during judo instruction at the YMCA.
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Judo Instruction for Police

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Description: Elevated view of police students pairing up to try a move during judo instruction at the YMCA.
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Warming Up for Judo

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Description: A police student helps another student warm up for judo instruction at the YMCA as another man supervises.
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Norman Rauch in AAU Weightlifting Meet

Date: 06 07 1962
Description: Norman Rauch, the Truax Field strongman who already holds three state records, working out in preparation for the Wisconsin Amateur Athletic Union senior w...

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