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Men in Log Rolling Contest

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Description: Two men competing in a log rolling contest.
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Ball Play

Date: 1844
Description: Large group of Indians engaged in the game of lacrosse (Plate 23).

"Having in the two former illustrations and their chapters, explained to the readers t...

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Log-Rolling Contest

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Description: Log-rolling contest with large group of spectators on shore.
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The Grand Regatta at Devil's Lake

Date: 1877
Description: "The Grand Regatta, at Devil's Lake, Sauk County, June 21st & 22nd, 1877", with spectators watching rowing shells race.
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The Grand Regatta

Date: 1877
Description: "The Grand Regatta, at Devil's Lake, June 21st & 22nd, 1877." Spectators sit on the railroad bed at Devil's Lake.
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Spectators at Grand Regatta

Date: 1877
Description: "The Grand Regatta, at Devil's Lake, June 21st & 22nd, 1877." A stereograph showing spectators gathered behind the starter's cannon on Devil's Lake.
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People at Racetrack

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Description: Racetrack crowded with people.
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Men with Racehorses

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Description: Sulky drivers and horses racing toward the finish line at the racetrack. The judges booth is in the center in front of a tall tree. A large crowd surrounds...
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Men Racing Horses on Racetrack

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Description: Racehorses and jockeys rounding the bend in the racetrack. In the background is the grandstand on the left, and the judges booth in the center near a tall ...
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Two Men with Racehorse

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Description: Elevated view from grandsstand towards men adjusting a jockey's stirrup and the gear of a horse on racetrack. On the other side of the track is the judges ...
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Men Riding Racehorses

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Description: Two men riding horses in front of the stands at the racetrack. A few people are in the grandstand.
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Harness Racing at Washington Park

Date: 07 12 1914
Description: Crowds at the race course watching harness racing in Washington Park. There are three racers, and a crowd of spectators is sitting in the grandstands, on t...
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Camp Wakanda Activity

Date: 07 27 1948
Description: Camp Wakanda YMCA campers activities include boxing. Two boys boxing with large boxing gloves are Lawrence Fish, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Fish, 842 Terr...
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Joe Adcock Fields a Ball

Date: 03 25 1954
Description: Milwaukee Braves player Joe Adcock fields a ball during spring training.
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Grand Prix

Date: 10 05 1912
Description: Teddy Tetzlaff drives the Fiat #33 across the finish line. The stands on the right are covered in advertisements. The track later became Burleigh Street go...
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Vanderbilt Cup Race

Date: 10 02 1912
Description: Race cars on a country road, with car #29 off the road and missing its driver. The #27 car is just about to pass, with a dust trail behind it. Spectators ...
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Sulky Race Track

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of a horse racing track and spectators. Sulkies, which are two-wheeled, one-person carriages drawn by a single horse, are racing. The race ...
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Madison Softball Photographs

Date: 05 02 1949
Description: Members of the Philgas softball team watching play during a Mendota League game in Vilas Park.
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Madison Softball Photographs

Date: 05 02 1949
Description: Carroll Becker of Norberg Electric batting in a Madison women's softball league game. The umpire is Charlie Pendergast.
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Ho-Chunk Men and Boys in a Field

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Description: Ho-Chunk men and boys sitting and standing in a field, probably watching a baseball game.

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