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Two Madison Bowlers

Date: 12 15 1949
Description: Madison bowlers Gene Cawley and Harold Estervig stand against a wall for a portrait.
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Ross Baltzell, Championship Bowler

Date: 03 04 1952
Description: Portrait of Ross Baltzell of Mt. Horeb who bowled a 679 game in the Bowl-A-Vard Major League, and a 618 game in the Plaza Major League tournaments.
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Madison Bowling Association Golf Jamboree

Date: 07 28 1953
Description: Madison Bowling Association members who participated in the Association's 20th annual Golf Jamboree at the Nakoma Golf Club. Left to right, they are: Charl...
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Women Bowlers

Date: 03 05 1954
Description: Portrait of Marge LaBrosse (top) and Ruth Brandt, Class D doubles winners in the Madison Woman's Bowling Association tournament.
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Madison Women's Municipal Bowling Club

Date: 03 30 1954
Description: Group portrait of members of the committee planning for the spring luncheon of the Madison Women's Municipal Bowling Club. Left to right, sitting: Dorothy ...
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Doris Hanson

Date: 09 09 1954
Description: Portrait of Doris Hanson, who rolled Madison's first women's national honor count in the 1954-55 bowling season in the Ladies Classic League at Schwoeglers...
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Dewey Johnson

Date: 01 26 1956
Description: Portrait of Dewey Johnson after receiving his first national honor in bowling.
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Madison Bowling Association Secretaries Annual Fall Meeting

Date: 08 15 1956
Description: More than 113 secretaries of bowling leagues affiliated with the Madison Bowling Association gather at the Eagles Club for their annual fall meeting. Front...
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Tucker Family and Eagles Bowling Tournament

Date: 03 16 1958
Description: One of Madison's three teams to compete at Milwaukee in the Eagles International Ladies handicap bowling tournament is an all-family team made up of mother...
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Madison Bowling Association Champions

Date: 04 05 1958
Description: Group portrait of the five members of the championship team of the 1958 Madison Bowling Association tournament. They bowl for Farmers Mutual. Their names a...
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Bowling at Schwoegler's Lanes

Date: 03 26 1958
Description: Chuck Medcraft (left) and Gilly Fischl receive checks from Connie Schwoegeler and Mel Schwoegeler for bowling a perfect 300 game and a 299 game respectivel...
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Women's State Bowling Tournament

Date: 04 22 1959
Description: Portrait of Irene Sullivan, a Madison bowler who, with Peg Kufrin, is competing for the women's state Class C doubles bowling championship at the women's s...
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Madison Woman's Bowling Association Tournament Champions

Date: 11 18 1959
Description: Portrait of the Dream Lanes team members that swept all honors in the Madison Woman's Bowling Association tournament. Seated, left to right, are Dee Fix, A...
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Bowl-A-Vard Madison Junior League Champions

Date: 05 06 1961
Description: Burr Oaks Bowl junior bowling team comes in second place in the Madison Junior League bowling league losing to the Bowl-A-Vard team at a roll off at the Bu...
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Madison District Champion Bowlers

Date: 12 21 1961
Description: Madison district All-Star bowling champions Bruce Felland and Doris Hanson showing off the shirts they will wear to the National All-Star bowling tournamen...
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Professional Bowling Association

Date: 03 09 1965
Description: The Madison Bowling Association (MBA) hosted Wisconsin's first professional bowling tournament at the North Gate Bowl. Shown chatting prior to the event: J...
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Blind Bowlers

Date: 01 1955
Description: Jim Sletten (in dark glasses) is holding onto a guide rail with his left hand while holding a bowling ball in hi right hand as he accepts assistance from L...
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Blind Bowlers

Date: 01 29 1955
Description: Ruby Graf and Della Killerlain posing with a bowling ball. They are two of about fifteen visually impaired participants who gather weekly on Tuesdays at Pl...
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Bowling Team

Date: 1952
Description: Five men holding bowling balls stand behind a sign identifying the 1952 A. B. C. [American Bowling Congress] Tournament. The man standing second from right...

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