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Curling Clubhouse with Curlers

Date: 02 01 1930
Description: Curling clubhouse with curlers.
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Madison Toories Curling Auxilary

Date: 12 03 1951
Description: Marion Leifer, a member of the Madison Toories — a women's curling group, is shown wearing a team Scotch hat decorated with pins displaying her curling exp...
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Madison Toories Curling Auxilary

Date: 12 03 1951
Description: Esther Onstad releases the "stone" on the curling court. Onstad is a member of the Madison Toories, a women's curling group.
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Madison Toories Curling Auxilary

Date: 12 03 1951
Description: Mrs. Stephen Resan of Route 1 (left) and Agnes Gurney "sweep a stone" on a curling rink. The women are members of the Madison Toories, a women's curling gr...
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Madison Curling Club Bonspiel

Date: 01 11 1964
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Kent Hill of Portage participate in the mixed bonspiel at the Madison Curling Club.
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Madison Toories Curling Auxilary

Date: 12 03 1951
Description: Marion Cottrell, left, and Mildred Solheim, right, holding brooms on the curling rink. The women are "skips" for opposing teams of the Madison Toories, a w...
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Madison Invitational High School Curling Bonspiel

Date: 01 20 1960
Description: Portrait of three members of the John Curtis Rink from Madison West High School, winners of the third event in the Madison Invitational Prep Curling Bonspi...
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New Madison Curling Club Clubhouse

Date: 12 28 1949
Description: Four members of the Madison Curling Club inspecting their new clubhouse at Burr Jones Field on East Washington Avenue. Pictured are Dr. Ralph E. Campbell, ...
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New Madison Curling Club Clubhouse

Date: 12 28 1949
Description: Two members of the Madison Curling Club inspecting the pipes that will furnish artificial ice at their new clubhouse at Burr Jones Field on West Washington...
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Madison Toories Curling Auxilary

Date: 12 03 1951
Description: Group portrait of three players for the Madison Toories, a women's curling group, sitting at a table. Left to right: Freida Waddell, Helen Carlson, and Myr...
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Badger Bonspiel

Date: 02 15 1958
Description: Portrait of Myrtle Jamieson, general chairman of the fifth annual Badger Bonspiel which will take place at the Madison Curling Club.
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Madison Invitational High School Curling Bonspiel

Date: 02 20 1960
Description: The Mike Juneau Rink, of Wausau won the Madison Invitational High School Curling Bonspiel. Left to right are: Jim Manitzki, lead; Lowell Baumgardt, second;...
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Deane Woody Curling Rink of Madison

Date: 01 04 1952
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Deane Woody and Mr. and Mrs. D.B. Sanford, members of the Deane Woody curling rink of Madison, posing at the second annual mixed bonspiel spon...
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Kiwanis Curling Champions

Date: 02 19 1955
Description: Championship winning Kiwanis curling team at the annual Service Clubs Olympics. Left to right are C.B. Stumpf, R.E. Ohnstad, Laurie E. Carlson, and Leon Il...
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H.T. Ferguson with a Curling Stone

Date: 01 19 1952
Description: H.T. Ferguson, veteran Madison curler, squatting with his hand on the curling stone handle, about to propel it. He is wearing a tam on his head. The club b...
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Twentieth Century Press Trophy

Date: 01 21 1946
Description: Twentieth Century Press Trophy, Chicagoland Award; presented by Paul C. Clovis, president of the Twentieth Century Press of Chicago, to winners of the Midw...
Historical Essay

Wooden Curling Stone

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Wooden curling stone used near Lodi, Wisconsin in the 19th century. (Museum object #1957.205)
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Dinner for the University of Wisconsin Varsity Crew

Date: 06 15 1953
Description: The Madison Curling Club honored the University of Wisconsin varsity crew with a dinner at the Blackhawk Country Club on the eve of the crew's departure to...
Historical Essay

Curling in Wisconsin

The Amusing History of the Scots Influence on Wisconsin
Discover the rich history of the sport of curling in Wisconsin.
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Madison Curlers

Date: 12 11 1950
Description: Members of the Madison Curlers Club honor Jim Garver for donating a new recreation room at the clubhouse. Left to right: L.J. Leonard, Professor Leon Iltis...

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