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Clippers Baseball Team

Date: 1886
Description: The Neillsville "Clippers" baseball team pose for portrait in front of a painted backdrop.
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Gesell Boys in Baseball Pose

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two of the Gesell boys in a baseball pose.
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Gerhard Gesell, Jr., in Baseball Uniform

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Gerhard Gesell, Jr., wearing a baseball uniform.
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Cooksville Cornhuskers Baseball Team

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait of Cooksville Cornhuskers baseball team in front of a painted backdrop. Top left to right: Unknown, Johnny Sweeney, Tim McCarthy(?), Charle...
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Toothpick Sculpture

Date: 05 16 1957
Description: Kenneth Mills, 10, with his toothpick sculpture that he named "Pickalator." The work was part of an exhibit of children's art at Racine's Wustum Museum of ...
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Three Cross Plains Baseball Players

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Description: Studio portrait of three young men of the Cross Plains baseball team in front of a painted backdrop. From left to right: Peter Berg, Ray Gorman, and Ernie ...
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Cross Plains Baseball Team

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Description: Studio portrait of six members of the baseball team posing in front of a painted backdrop. Left to right, seated: Nick Marking, Peter Burke. Standing: Matt...
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Man in Catcher's Uniform

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Description: A studio portrait of a man wearing a baseball catcher's padded uniform and catchers glove, holding a face mask in his right hand. He is standing in front o...
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Jackie Robinson

Date: 01 26 1955
Description: Jackie Robinson standing in front of a curtain wearing a jacket and tie. He is standing next to a podium, perhaps behind the curtain before or after speaki...
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Joe E. Brown

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: Comedic actor Joe E. Brown holding a baseball, with an unidentified man standing behind him..
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Walter Lofblad and His Carvings

Date: 08 12 1960
Description: Walter Lofblad, a Cumberland farmer, with miniature Milwaukee Braves figures he carved from basswood. The carved set includes the entire starting lineup, m...
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WIBA Sports Telephones

Date: 05 24 1957
Description: The WIBA automatic telephone system which will give latest baseball scores is tested on first day of operation. Shown testing the phones are Norman Hahn, W...
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WIBA Sports Telephones

Date: 05 24 1957
Description: Sue Collins jots down scores she hears transmitted by the new recorder machine as radio station WIBA's automatic telephone system is in operation for the f...
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Glen Haven, Wisconsin Baseball Team

Date: 1908
Description: The Glen Haven baseball team in front of a painted backdrop. Names of players: G. Orr, 1st base; T. Ank, center field; D. Orr, left field; Les Orr, Catcher...
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1906 Cassville Baseball Team

Date: 1906
Description: Studio group portrait of the 1906 Cassville Baseball Club, with C.B.C. on their shirts. Team members: R. Bergum, third base; A. Kleinpell, Captain, O. Ishm...
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Studio Portrait of a Group of Men with Baseball Equipment

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Description: Copy photograph of a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of young men standing and sitting. They are wearing uniforms and holding baseball equip...
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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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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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High School Baseball Team

Date: 1885
Description: Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a high school baseball team.

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