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Book or Pamphlet

A Trip thru Canton Works

Date: 
Description: Page 16 of booklet. Title at top reads: "Outside Activities".
Manuscript

Scrapbook Page 14

Date: 1970
Description: At the top of the page is a group portrait of six women wearing uniforms. They are posing in front of a sign that reads: "1976, Green Bay, Wis. WWBI. 'Rivi...
Manuscript

Scrapbook Page 15

Date: 1970
Description: Group portrait of the WIBC Milwaukee Wisconsin Home of the WIBC 1977. Handwritten caption reads: "First national tournament Bel-Air team bowled in. There w...
Manuscript

Scrapbook Page 13

Date: 1970
Description: Scrapbook page 13. Includes a group portrait of six women at top left of the Klemmes Bel-Airs, Racine WWBA 1975. Handwritten caption reads: "Shirley W., In...
Photograph

Lawn Bowling by the Lake

Date: 1956
Description: Three boys lawn bowling on the bowling green next to Lake Namakagon; the Forest Lodge Boathouse and Champagne Island are in the background.
Photograph

Two Couples on Bowling Green

Date: 1960
Description: Two couples playing English lawn bowling on Forest Lodge bowling green next to Lake Namakagon. One woman is wearing pink Bermuda shorts and a white sleevel...
Photograph

Scanning Bowling Green

Date: 1957
Description: Two couples standing at one end of the bowling green on the shore of Namakagon Lake, searching down the field. One woman is wearing a yellow-checked skirt...
Photograph

Frank Ross Bowls Perfect Score, 300

Date: 11 06 1931
Description: Frank Ross posing in bowling stance after bowling perfect game in the Cosmos league at the Plaza Alleys.
Photograph

George Oakey, Bowler

Date: 01 24 1934
Description: 66 year old George Oakey, bowler at Madison Alleys, 110 N. Fairchild Street, ready to throw his ball. He scored a perfect 300 game, a total of 1,406 in six...
Photograph

Two Women Bowlers

Date: 02 04 1934
Description: Ella Burmeister and Avis Kidd, holding bowling balls at the Madison Alleys, 112 N Fairchild Street, winners of the women's Wisconsin state doubles bowling ...
Photograph

Men's Bowling Team

Date: 04 11 1912
Description: Group portrait of a men's bowling team standing against the exterior brick wall of a factory building. Three pins and a bowling ball are on the ground in f...
Photograph

Men's Bowling Team

Date: 04 11 1912
Description: Group portrait of a men's bowling team standing against the exterior brick wall of a factory building. Three pins and a bowling ball are on the ground in f...
Photograph

Men's Bowling Team

Date: 04 11 1912
Description: Group portrait of a men's bowling team standing against the exterior brick wall of a factory building. The man on the center is holing a bowling ball, and ...
Photograph

Leskie's Supper Club Bowling Team

Date: 04 19 1954
Description: Leskie's Supper Club bowling team celebrates with their 2nd-place trophy, won in a Class-B tournament in Chicago. Seated in the center is "Roundy" Coughlin...
Photograph

Two Men in Bowling Alley

Date: 1914
Description: Two men stand in a four lane bowling alley. Each man is holding a bowling ball. Between them is a Brunswick Balke Collender ball return post with a towel h...
Photograph

Blind Bowlers

Date: 01 1955
Description: Two Lions Club members assisting visually impaired bowlers, who gather weekly on Tuesdays at Playdium Alleys located at 112 North Fairchild Street. None of...
Photograph

Blind Bowlers

Date: 01 1955
Description: Hazel Buege is holding onto a rail with her left hand, and releasing a bowling ball with her right hand towards standing bowling pins. She is one of about ...
Photograph

Blind Bowlers

Date: 01 1955
Description: Jim Sletten, operator of the cigar stand in the State Office Building, fires the heavy ball down the alley. He has 163 games to his credit. He is one of ab...
Photograph

Blind Bowlers

Date: 01 1955
Description: Jim Sletten (in dark glasses) is holding onto a guide rail with his left hand while holding a bowling ball in hi right hand as he accepts assistance from L...
Photograph

Blind Bowlers

Date: 01 29 1955
Description: Mildred Finney releases a bowling ball. She is one of about fifteen visually impaired participants who gather weekly on Tuesdays at Playdium Alleys, locate...

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