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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...

Photograph

Log-Rolling Contest

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Description: Log-rolling contest with large group of spectators on shore.
Photograph

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 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 ...
Photograph

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 ...
Postcard

Crowd at Sporting Event

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Description: View from track towards a crowd of men, women, and children in front of and behind a fence at a sporting event. On the left, a man who is possibly a police...
Photograph

Saratoga Racetrack

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Description: Elevated view of spectators viewing horses as they parade before a race at Saratoga Racetrack. The racetrack opened in 1864.
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Racing Cars at Cornell University

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Description: Cars gather on a track near the judge's stand during an automobile race at Cornell University while spectators watch from the sidelines. Cornell University...
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City Golf Tournament

Date: 06 21 1953
Description: Finish of the final foursome, Frank Parkinson, Steve Caravello and Walter Atwood, on the 18th green of the Nakoma Golf Course, with crowd.
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Children's Class of the Milwaukee Turners

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Description: Children’s class of the Milwaukee Turners, gathered outside in a park. George Brosius appears on the platform and several people are wearing band uniforms....
Photograph

Theresa Lions First Tractor Pull

Date: 09 1982
Description: "It was billed as the 'Theresa Lions first tractor pull.' An overflow crowd of between 1600 and 2000 people witnessed the event according to chairman Jim N...
Photograph

Tractor Pull

Date: 09 1984
Description: "Theresa Lions Tractor Pull."
Photograph

Blackhawk Ski Meet

Date: 02 03 1957
Description: Jack Statz of Madison takes off on a jump in the Class A division of a Blackhawk Ski Club meet.
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Racine Velodrome

Date: 1897
Description: Aerial view drawing of a velodrome with racers on the oval track and stands full of spectators. Signage on the outer wall indicates that it is the Racine A...
Magazine or Periodical

Bicycle Race

Date: 09 1886
Description: Engraved image of a drawing by Henry Sandham showing six bicycle racers on a track with a large crowd of spectators in the stands and along the side of the...
Photograph

Baseball Game on Kwajalein Island

Date: 02 22 1945
Description: An exhibition baseball game on a Naval Base on Kwajalein Island of the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific. Both teams had Big League players drawn from ...
Photograph

Cyclists at Starting Line

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Description: Cyclists at the starting line of a race near the judges' stand. Each cyclist has a man standing next to him holding the bike upright for the start of the r...

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