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Waukesha Aviation Club Youth Outreach

Date: 1945
Description: A demonstration of parachute handling for members of a local YMCA by the Waukesha Aviation Club. The club considered such educational activities for young ...
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Camp Wakanda Activity

Date: 07 27 1948
Description: Three campers under the Camp Wakanda emblem, the Giant Eagle, at the camp's council ring are, left to right: Robert Hesse, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hesse...
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30th Annual YMCA Banquet

Date: 03 23 1949
Description: Speakers table at the 30th annual YMCA dinner are, left to right: Mrs. Loren B. Cockrell; the Reverand Alfred W. Swan; Mrs. Emery Oliver; Arthur F. Trebilc...
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YMCA Boys Basketball Clinic

Date: 12 16 1950
Description: Receiving a diploma for attending the Basketball Clinic from YMCA physical education director Don Brault are: Carl Tyggrum, Bob Coltern, Bob Baker, and an ...
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Y.M.C.A.

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Description: A group of people poses for a portrait in front of a Y.M.C.A. building. A man dressed as a Native American chief stands at the center of the image and a w...
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YMCA Baseball Trip

Date: 08 12 1953
Description: Eleven pre-teen boys posing for an indoor portrait with their adult supervisor before their excursion to Chicago and Wrigley Field to watch the Milwaukee B...
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Invitational Archery Meet

Date: 03 07 1954
Description: A man is standing with bow and arrows at the target of the first annual invitational indoor archery meet held at the YMCA range. He is probably George Van ...
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MGM Trackless Train

Date: 08 1925
Description: The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer "Trackless Train" parked in front of the Hotel Loraine on West Washington Avenue. The YMCA can be seen on the right. The "Trackless...
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U.S. Army YMCA

Date: 1918
Description: Exterior view of the U.S. Army's YMCA building for those deployed to northern Russia during the Allied intervention there after World War I. The building h...
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YMCA Membership Drive

Date: 02 07 1961
Description: Team Captains for the YMCA membership drive pose as runners at the starting line. First row, left to right, are: George Field, Russ Weitz, Dick Callaway, a...
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University YWCA Smorgasbord

Date: 04 21 1961
Description: Irene Thomas wears a Norwegian costume while looking forward to the annual smorgasbord of the University YWCA in the John Muir room of the YMCA.
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Lake Geneva Auto Station

Date: 06 02 1928
Description: View across street towards a convertible automobile with a fender-mounted spare tire parked in front of the Lake Geneva Auto Station on the south side of t...
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Man Standing near Bus

Date: 06 25 1925
Description: View across street towards a man posing in front of a bus parked at the curb. A sign on top of the bus reads: "International Chassis Motor Coach Ltd. Body,...
Poster

One of The Thousand Y.M.C.A. Girls in France

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a young woman wearing a YMCA uniform. She is holding three books in her left hand, and a mug with steam rising from it ...
Poster

Help Us Help Our Boys ???

Date: 1918
Description: Poster depicting a young woman wearing a YMCA uniform putting up a poster on a wall while looking over her shoulder at the viewer. A hazy reflection of the...
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YMCA Camp Wakanda

Date: 07 21 1954
Description: YMCA Camp superintendent Al Bagley (left) explaining a project to eighteen boys at the camp council ring. Behind them a large eagle cutout is hanging from ...

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