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Curtis Thornton, Madison Marble Champion

Date: 05 20 1933
Description: Portrait of Curtis Thornton, Madison's 1933 marble champion.
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Horseshoe Pitching Champion, Seymour J. Johnson

Date: 08 15 1931
Description: Outdoor portrait of Seymour J. Johnson, Madison Horseshoe champion, holding a horseshoe at the horseshoe pit.
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Chess Game

Date: 1910
Description: William Middleton, left, plays chess against an unidentified opponent. Williams' son, Forest, with chin in hands, watches with an unidentified man and wom...
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Chess Game

Date: 1909
Description: Forest Middleton, left, and Arthur Strelow, play chess with the board resting on their knees. Drapes hang in a doorway; there are also two round tables wit...
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Summer Visitors to Madison

Date: 07 16 1957
Description: Cathryn Montgomery, with her daughter, 3-year-old Cathy Sue, visiting Cathryn's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leon W. Pettersen, on Prospect Avenue.
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Student Creates Game Machine

Date: 02 03 1964
Description: Wisconsin high school student Jeffrey Mattox is shown playing a game of tic-tac-toe against the machine he constructed. A screen shows the squares, and a m...
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"Jacks" Tournament at University of Wisconsin Sorority

Date: 03 27 1954
Description: Bruce Slagg of Evanston, Illinois, and Jane Forman (Alpha Phi social chairman) posing sitting behind the trophy, which is an oversized jack and a tennis ba...

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