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Man and Dog

Date: 06 1952
Description: A man is lying on the grass with a dog beside him. Taken at a race track. A row of cars is parked in the background.
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Catching a Football

Date: 1953
Description: Football player catching a football, as the referee is officiating and defensive players are running up alongside the one handling the ball.
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Bobby Meath, University of Wisconsin Boxer

Date: 03 12 1954
Description: Jim Bernd of New Richmond keeps Bobby Meath's shoulders loose as he heads for the ring. Meath is wearing a light-colored robe, head gear, and boxing gloves...
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Bobby Meath Boxing in the Ring

Date: 03 12 1954
Description: Don Backus (of Washington State) winces as Bob Meath of the University of Wisconsin punches right from the start of the bout.
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Police and Firemen's Show

Date: 07 28 1954
Description: Firemen practice demonstrating the rescue of people from a burning building with an aerial ladder. They are preparing for the Police and Fireman's show at ...
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Snowy Camp Randall

Date: 12 01 1954
Description: View of the Camp Randall seating after a snowfall.
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Wisconsin State High School Basketball Tournament Fans

Date: 03 18 1955
Description: Middleton cheerleaders celebrate their team's victory over Shorewood at the Wisconsin State High School Basketball Tournament at the U.W. Field House. The ...
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Wisconsin State High School Basketball Tournament Fans

Date: 03 18 1955
Description: A Wausau cheerleader sobbing after her team lost to Eau Claire at the Wisconsin State high school basketball tournament at the U.W. Field House.
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Wisconsin State High School Basketball Tournament Fans

Date: 03 18 1955
Description: Fans from Eau Claire express their delight after their team won in the U.W. Field House.
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Wisconsin State High School Basketball Tournament Fans

Date: 03 18 1955
Description: Middleton Cardinals fans whoop it up after their team beat Shorewood at the Wisconsin State High School Basketball Tournament at the U.W. Field House. They...
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We Saw You . . . at Water Follies

Date: 08 1955
Description: Water comedian, Eddie Rose, of the Sam Snyder's Water Follies performing his routine jumping off a high-level diving board during a show at Breese Stevens ...
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Middleton Sportsmen's Junior Rifle Club

Date: 05 1955
Description: Five teens, both male and female, are lying prone in the indoor rifle range at Middleton Sportsmen's Club, looking down the barrels of their rifles which a...
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Swedish Gymnastic Show

Date: 02 04 1955
Description: A Swedish gymnast performing his high table vaulting act. The Swedish national men's and women's teams putting on their gymnastic show at the U.W. Field Ho...
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Swedish Gymnastic Show

Date: 02 04 1955
Description: Mrs. Marie Hosely from Monroe performing on the balance beam during the gymnastics show by the Swedish national men's and women's teams at the U.W. Field H...
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Swedish Gymnastic Show

Date: 02 04 1955
Description: Members of the Swedish women's team performing a synchronized calisthenics routine during a gymnastics show by Sweden's national men's and women's teams at...
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Anne Cartwright, U.W. Exchange Student from England, is Outstanding Athlete

Date: 03 11 1958
Description: Anne Cartwright, International Rotary Club scholarship student from England, attends the University of Wisconsin as a graduate student. Miss Cartwright was...
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Activities at the Neighborhood House

Date: 03 11 1958
Description: Bobby Abbott (background, 22 South Park Street) and Ernest Vance (4 South Francis Street) are playing catch in a gymnasium at the Neighborhood House at 768...
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Man Playing Tennis in a Madison City Park

Date: 04 15 1958
Description: A man playing tennis in a Madison city park.
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Little Badgers Basketball Camp

Date: 12 20 1954
Description: Elevated view of a large group of children in a large circle being taught basketball during a Little Badgers basketball camp. The camp is being held in an ...
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Coaches Watching State Basketball Tournament Game

Date: 03 21 1959
Description: Bob Weigandt, Whitewater State basketball coach (front), and Ken Oberbrunner, Milton College basketball coach (rear), watch a state basketball game looking...

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