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Young Boys Boxing

Date: 01 15 1934
Description: Young boys, Alex and Bobby McCormick, posing as boxers in front of John Walsh, University of Wisconsin boxing coach.
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John Walsh with Sons

Date: 01 18 1945
Description: Lieut. John Walsh, University of Wisconsin boxing coach who was in the marine corps in Okinawa, teaching his two sons Johnny and David to box.
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Boxing Class for Children

Date: 01 31 1948
Description: Group portrait of the 28 boys enrolled in the 9 o'clock "Little Badgers" boxing class held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison boxing quarters on Saturd...
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Boxing Class for Children

Date: 01 30 1948
Description: Group portrait of 29 boys enrolled in the 10 o'clock boxing class held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison boxing quarters on Saturday mornings. The boy...
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Little Badger Boxing Classes

Date: 03 19 1949
Description: Bobby Johnston, left, and Johnny Parisi sparring during the Little Badger Boxing Classes at the University of Wisconsin fieldhouse.
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Little Badgers Boxing Classes

Date: 03 19 1949
Description: Two brothers, Dick and Bobby Johnston, posing with Don Dickinson during the Little Badgers boxing classes at the University of Wisconsin fieldhouse.
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Little Badger Boxing Classes

Date: 03 19 1949
Description: David Walsh lands a punch to the face of Bobby Theel during the Little Badger boxing classes at the University of Wisconsin fieldhouse. The referee is Vern...
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"Imitativeness: Take Me Like a Prize-Fighter"

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Description: A group of boys take a boxing stance near two men standing on a street corner, in front of a building that has "Milwaukee Beer" painted on it.
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Boys Playing Scott and Beauregard

Date: 1860
Description: An aunt, Mary, finds two boys, Johnny and Joe, fighting. One boy is an obvious loser. The text below reads: "Mary. Why, Johnny, what have you been doing?...
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Little Badgers Boxing Class

Date: 03 10 1954
Description: Jack Herman (left) and Tommy Huss square off during an unofficial tournament at the close of the Little Badgers boxing class at the Madison Eagles Club.
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Little Badger Boxers Exhibition Match

Date: 02 22 1957
Description: Six-year-old Brian Root (left) and Jim Fischer spar in the "Little Badgers" exhibition contests prior to the Wisconsin-San Jose State boxing match in the U...
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Boxing at Neighborhood House Family Night

Date: 1948
Description: A boy with boxing gloves sitting and awaiting his turn in the ring, with a man and another boy crouching on either side of him and other children behind th...
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Little Badgers

Date: 11 30 1957
Description: Glenn Nording (left), Middleton High School basketball coach and former U.W. Wisconsin boxer, corrects the boxing postures of three boys who are holding up...
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Child Standing on Table in Boxing Stance

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Description: Indoor portrait of a European American child posing standing on a table in a pugilist pose, with a European American man posing standing on the right with ...
Poster

"The Ice Flood" Lobby Card

Date: 1926
Description: Lobby card for the film "The Ice Flood." The main image shows a man standing over another man in a makeshift boxing ring with a crowd all around them. The ...
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Aaron Bohrod, U.W. Artist-in-Residence, with Family

Date: 04 1955
Description: University of Wisconsin artist-in-residence, Aaron Bohrod, boxing with his son, Neil (8-years-old), at his home located at 715 East Gorham Street.

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