Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 62

Photograph

Madison Baseball League Season Opener

Date: 05 16 1954
Description: Madison mayor George Forster prepares to throw out the opening pitch at the first game of the Madison Baseball League, successor to the old Industrial Leag...
Postcard

Sites of Madison — Collage

Date: 1960
Description: Views of popular sites in Madison. Numerous different types of recreation are depicted, along with popular sites such as the Wisconsin State Capitol buildi...
Photograph

Gulseth Pitches No-Hitter

Date: 05 03 1949
Description: Wendell "Windy" Gulseth of Madison East high school's baseball team pitches a 6-0 no-hit game against Madison Central at Breese Stevens Field.
Photograph

Babe Ruth

Date: 10 15 1934
Description: Babe Ruth, wearing a dressing gown, signing autographs from a train car during a stopover in Madison.
Photograph

Breese Stevens Field

Date: 05 13 1931
Description: Elevated view of Breese Stevens Athletic Field illuminated at night, with the Madison Blues, Eddie Lenahan, manager, practicing baseball. Alternate view.
Photograph

Madison Recreation Boys Baseball

Date: 06 18 1956
Description: At the West Junior Wingra League game, umpire Pat McCormick flips the coin to determine who gets to bat first. Managers Dave Osborne of Madison Master Plum...
Photograph

Madison Boys Baseball Program

Date: 08 04 1960
Description: Sam's Bakery Team won the championship of the West Midget Vilas No. 3B League in the Madison Boys Baseball Program. Left to right in front are: Bernard Sch...
Photograph

All-Star Baseball Game

Date: 07 12 1944
Description: Crowd of Navy men and women in the stands watching the Madison-area amateur baseball all-stars in a game against the Navy's Great Lakes Bluejackets at Bree...
Photograph

Schoep's Ice Cream Boys' Baseball Team

Date: 08 13 1952
Description: Group portrait of the Schoep's Ice Cream boys' baseball team. The team competed in the City of Madison Boys' Midget championship games. Front row: Don Pond...
Photograph

Madison Recreation Boys Baseball

Date: 06 18 1956
Description: Ray Kelliher of the Elks waits for a pitch in the East Junior Burr Jones League game. Kelliher is wearing a new protective helmet, and catcher Keith Grauvo...
Photograph

Borden Junior Baseball Team

Date: 08 06 1952
Description: Group portrait of the Borden Junior Baseball team, contenders for the 1952 Junior Championship of the Madison Boys Baseball program. Pictured in the front ...
Photograph

Ideal Vault Junior Baseball Team

Date: 08 07 1952
Description: Ideal Vault Junior Baseball Team, contenders for the 1952 Junior Championship of the Madison Boys Baseball League. Shown are left to right in the front row...
Photograph

Midget Baseball Teams

Date: 07 1953
Description: Group portrait of the Piggly Wiggly "midget" baseball team.
Photograph

Firemen Treat Handicapped Children to Braves Game

Date: 08 10 1960
Description: Madison firemen from Station No. 3 and their wives took 32 handicapped children to the Braves-Los Angeles baseball game in Milwaukee. Mayor Ivan Nestigen a...
Photograph

Firemen Treat Handicapped Children to Braves Game

Date: 08 10 1960
Description: Madison firemen from Station No. 3 at 1217 Williamson Street, along with their wives, took 32 handicapped children to the Braves-Los Angeles baseball game ...
Photograph

Madison Boys Baseball Program Teams

Date: 06 27 1956
Description: Group portrait of the Clifford Motors baseball team in the East Midget Central No. 2 League. One of 12 team pictures. The other 11 team pictures are of: Cu...
Photograph

Breese Stevens Field

Date: 05 13 1931
Description: Elevated view of the Breese Stevens Athletic Field baseball diamond illuminated at night.
Photograph

Kroger Baseball Team

Date: 05 21 1933
Description: Group portrait of Kroger Grocery & Baking Co., baseball team in uniform.
Photograph

Firemen Treat Handicapped Children to Braves Game

Date: 08 10 1960
Description: Madison firemen from Station No. 3 at 1217 Williamson Street, along with their wives, took 32 handicapped children to the Braves-Los Angeles baseball game ...
Photograph

Oriole Baseball Team

Date: 07 01 1933
Description: Group portrait of children and coaches of the Orioles baseball team.

Have Questions?

If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.

Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: