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Milwaukee Braves Branch Ticket Office

Date: 03 01 1954
Description: Mrs. Paul Hilgers of Middleton selling tickets for Milwaukee Braves baseball games at the branch ticket office in the basement of The Hub clothing store in...
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Milwaukee Braves Branch Ticket Office

Date: 03 01 1954
Description: Ed Arpin, Harold Swenson and Bob Scholl waiting in line on the stairway to buy tickets for the Milwaukee Braves baseball team in the branch office, located...
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Milwaukee Braves Branch Ticket Office

Date: 03 01 1954
Description: View looking down at a line of men and women waiting to buy tickets to Milwaukee Braves baseball games at the branch ticket office located in the basement ...
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Milwaukee Braves Branch Ticket Office

Date: 03 01 1954
Description: View down the line of people waiting to buy tickets for Milwaukee Braves baseball games at The Hub clothing store in downtown Madison, where the branch tic...
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American Legion Convention at the Hotel Loraine

Date: 07 15 1954
Description: S.C. Hull, Milton Junction (left), and Bill McCunnell (of McFarland) are holding a poster promoting the Dane County American Legion 40 and 8 baseball excur...
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YMCA Camp Wakanda

Date: 07 21 1954
Description: YMCA staff member Harold Haak (top, center) declares Bill Cunningham (left) safe at home. Other players are Robert Berhagen as catcher and Steve Walrath, w...
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Milwaukee Braves Season Opening Game

Date: 04 12 1954
Description: View of the 43,640 baseball fans at Milwaukee County Stadium where the Milwaukee Braves baseball team played the Cincinnati Redlegs in the season opener. T...
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Milwaukee Braves Season Opening Game

Date: 04 12 1955
Description: Wisconsin Governor Walter Kohler ready to throw out the first pitch of the 1955 season to Milwaukee Braves catcher Del Crandall. Pictured in the lower left...
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Milwaukee Braves Season Opening Game

Date: 04 12 1955
Description: During the 5th inning of the Milwaukee Braves vs. the Cincinnati Redlegs game, Redlegs manager, Birdie Tebbetts (wearing a jacket), argues with the umpire,...
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Paying Tribute to Fred Miller

Date: 04 12 1955
Description: Pitcher Warren Spahn bows his head as the fans in Milwaukee County Stadium pause during the pre-game ceremonies for a minute of silent tribute to the late ...
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Scene at Shullsburg's Badger Park

Date: 07 1955
Description: Norman Schandt, a member of the Shullsburg team, batting against the Potosi team in a baseball game at Badger Park. A crowd of spectators outside the fence...
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Magazine Subscription Contest for Paper Carriers

Date: 04 23 1957
Description: Jim Kennedy, Tom Borchert, and Eugene Nelson (left to right) inspect some of the many prizes for the magazine subscription contest sponsored by the Wisc...
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Cub Scout Pack Picnic at Hoyt Park

Date: 06 04 1957
Description: Michael Smith swings a bat during a baseball game at a picnic for Cub Scout Pack #321, Den #6.
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"Them Cards is Dead" Poster

Date: 09 27 1957
Description: Wisconsin State Journal staff reporter, June Dieckmann seated at a desk. Behind her on the wall is a poster saying "Them Cards is Dead." The poster ...
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Hank Aaron Appears Before the Rounder's Club

Date: 12 19 1957
Description: Milwaukee Braves outfielder, Hank Aaron, talks to the Rounder's Club and makes a donation to the Wisconsin State Journal's Empty Stocking Club. Shown with ...
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Sweeney Family Baseball Team

Date: 06 10 1958
Description: Raymond E. Sweeney with his nine sons.
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World's Largest Insurance Policy

Date: 07 18 1958
Description: Three men next to a large poster with the words: "World's Largest Insurance Policy issued to Milwaukee Braves on behalf of Citizens of Wisconsin. Vernon Th...
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Mike Falconer, Milwaukee Braves Fan

Date: 09 18 1958
Description: Mike Falconer (17), 626 Eugenia Avenue, an avid Milwaukee Braves fan, receives an autographed baseball from the team. Mike, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Falco...
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Baseball School

Date: 06 28 1960
Description: Kneeling at right is baseball scout, Emil Belich, showing Bill Hebl, Sun Prairie, how a catcher should scoop a ball during a session of the Phillies' baseb...

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