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Junior Hunt Club on Horseback

Date: 10 26 1930
Description: Seven children and two adults sitting on horses in front of the Blackhawk Riding Academy, 1019 Conklin Place.
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Junior Hunt Club on Horseback

Date: 10 26 1930
Description: Seven children and two adults are sitting on horses in front of the Blackhawk Riding Academy, 1019 Conklin Place.
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Race at Jackson County Fairgrounds

Date: 
Description: Outdoor view across racing track of a horse and racing buggy making a turn in front of a large grandstand. Probably at the Jackson County fairgrounds.
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Two Men with Horses

Date: 06 1901
Description: Gust Wendorf and William Will standing in front of a barn with their horses. Each of the men are holding the rope attached to the horse's halter.
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Dressed for the Fox Hunt

Date: 1930
Description: Edward Ilsley of Milwaukee mounted on a horse and dressed for fox-hunting.
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Madison Saddle Club Horse Show

Date: 07 03 1952
Description: Betty Lou Thronson rides a horse named Randi-Ru.
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Two Women Equestrians And Their Horses

Date: 08 22 1950
Description: Two unidentified women in riding costume sit on a wooden fence while holding the reigns of their horses.
Postcard

Cowgirl

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Description: Embossed postcard of a painting of a woman in rodeo garb on horseback. The horse is rearing up while the woman fires a gun into the ground.
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Horseback Riding Meet

Date: 10 06 1963
Description: Men and women with horse trailers gather beneath Castle Rock. The group gathered there for a western-style horseback riding meet.
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Hoofers' Club Horse Show Planning

Date: 04 08 1947
Description: Three committee members of the University of Wisconsin Hoofers' Club making plans for the club's horse show. From the left, posed around a horse-drawn cart...
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Betty Lou and Sue Thronson

Date: 08 16 1946
Description: Betty Lou (left) and Sue (right) Thronson, 251 Langdon Street, with their horse Gallant Lad.
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International D-15-M Station Wagon at Riding Academy

Date: 1940
Description: Female students and a horse next to, and inside of, an International D-15-M station wagon ("woody") used for transportation at the Clearbrook Riding Academ...
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Polo Game

Date: 07 24 1957
Description: Elevated view of a polo game in action.
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Woman on Horseback

Date: 
Description: Mrs. Sterling, an instructor in German at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, rides horseback in a neighborhood. In the background are several residences,...
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Judges Stand at Oriental Park Racetrack

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Description: Horses stand near a judge's booth at Oriental Park Racetrack while spectators watch from a grandstand in the background. The racetrack was founded in 1915 ...
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Hoofers' Horse Show

Date: 05 03 1950
Description: Joan Kaye (left) of Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, and Beverly Kaplan of Sioux City, Iowa, participants of the Hoofers' horse show, saddle a horse, "Her Highne...
Poster

Far West National Parks, USA and Canada Travel Poster

Date: 1934
Description: An original lithograph promoting the national parks of the western United States and Canada, as well as promoting train travel. The poster depicts a creek...
Photograph

Madison Hunt Club

Date: 09 06 1957
Description: Girls participate in fall try-outs for the Madison Hunt Club at Nob Hill Ranch. The club is for high school girls who ride horses. Left to right are: Marth...
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Two-horse act

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Description: Frank B. Miller's two-horse act at a fair.
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Harness Racers Neck and Neck

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Description: Five harness racing horses, sulkies, and drivers race around the Wisconsin State Fair track as an audience watches from the grandstand.

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