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Mud Wrestling

Date: 03 14 1981
Description: Onlookers watch as participants flail around in a mud pit wrestling ring. One spectator wears a bird costume.
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Cheerleaders Rally the Crowd

Date: 1957
Description: Spectators at a high school basketball game are urged to support the team by jumping cheerleaders.
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Taft in Madison

Date: 03 26 1952
Description: Senator Robert A. Taft speaking to a large audience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House shortly before the April 1 Wisconsin Presidential pr...
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Wisconsin Centennial Celebration

Date: 01 05 1948
Description: Rear view of Governor Oscar Rennebohm at the speaker's stand on the first balcony in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House at a "kick-off" event ...
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NCAA Boxing Tournament Participants

Date: 04 01 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin boxer John Lendenski, left, landing a right punch to the head of Syracuse University boxer Julian LeVine, who is preparing to retal...
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NCAA Boxing Tournament Participants

Date: 04 01 1948
Description: Pictured is James "Red" Sreenan listening to the advice of University of Wisconsin boxing coach John Walsh standing behind him while manager Ray Hague hand...
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NCAA Boxing Tournament Participants

Date: 03 03 1948
Description: NCAA Boxing Tournament at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House, Bout 13, "Art Neumayer, Gonzaga, missing with a left hand in the second round an...
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NCAA Boxing Tournament Participants

Date: 03 01 1948
Description: NCAA boxing tournament at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Bob Apperson, Wisconsin, is throwing a straight left to Cayocca's head, San Jose State, in the t...
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University of Wisconsin Men's Basketball

Date: 02 21 1949
Description: University of Wisconsin basketball game against Northwestern University. Jake Fendley had just laid up a shot.
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Mohr Stings his Sacramento Opponent

Date: 03 21 1960
Description: Wisconsin's Charlie Mohr (white shirt) has hurt Sacramento State's Dave Smith with a right to the body and is about to land a left to the head. Mohr won al...
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Men Presenting Boy Wearing Crown with Portrait

Date: 1941
Description: A young boy wearing a crown is presented with a framed portrait of himself by two men, one of whom is smoking a cigarette. The man on the right is holding ...
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Young Boxers with Audience

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Description: Two young boxers posing kneeling in a ring touching gloves, while the referee crouches between them. An audience of unidentified youths are sitting and sta...
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Bowlers at Milwaukee Auditorium

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Description: An audience watches bowlers at Milwaukee Auditorium. There is a Statue of Liberty replica in the seating area.
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Milwaukee Bucks vs. Houston Rockets Game

Date: 01 1973
Description: The Milwaukee Bucks star, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, shoots a skyhook (his signature shot) on the court at the Dane County Coliseum. The Milwaukee Bucks were pla...
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Milwaukee Bucks vs. Atlanta Hawks Game

Date: 03 1974
Description: Atlanta Hawks star Peter "Pistol Pete" Press Maravich shoots a free throw in a game against the Milwaukee Bucks at the Dane County Coliseum.
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Crowd at Lomira High School

Date: 1978
Description: "The LHS girls are feted by a large crowd in the high school gym."
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Lomira Basketball Game

Date: 03 05 1993
Description: "It was an intense moment in the Lomira-Markesan game when the camera caught coaches Ric Bloohm, foreground, and Tim Wilke urging on their team. Becky Zahn...
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Lomira Basketball Game

Date: 03 06 1993
Description: "WE WON!!! The Lomira bench erupts as the Lions defeat Chilton for the sectional title."
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Lomira Basketball Game

Date: 03 10 1993
Description: "After losing to Cuba City, the Lomira Lions sit dejectedly on the bench. Members from left are Becky Schberl, Jodi Collien, Gina Tagliapietra, Julie Bente...
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Lomira WIAA State Champions Welcomed Home

Date: 03 1978
Description: Lomira community members gather in the Lomira gymnasium to greet the team after winning the state basketball tournament.

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