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Paul Bunyan Effigy

Date: 11 05 1935
Description: A Paul Bunyan figure used to celebrate University of Wisconsin Homecoming, was placed on the lawn in front of Bascom Hall. Two athletes are standing beside...
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Sliding Into Home Plate

Date: 09 22 1956
Description: A baseball player sliding into home plate as the umpire is looking on.
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Wisconsin vs. Marquette Football Game

Date: 09 30 1950
Description: Five members of the University of Wisconsin 1900 football team who were honored during the pregame ceremonies of the Wisconsin vs. Marquette game kneel alo...
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Madison Curlers

Date: 12 11 1950
Description: Members of the Madison Curlers Club honor Jim Garver for donating a new recreation room at the clubhouse. Left to right: L.J. Leonard, Professor Leon Iltis...
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Race At The Cornell University Running Track

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Description: Young men in track uniforms compete in a race around a track at Cornell University. Judges and spectators stand on the grass near the track while addition...
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Wisconsin Football Players Weigh-in

Date: 09 11 1954
Description: University of Wisconsin football captain Gary Messner steps on the scale as coach Ivan Williamson looks on.
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Wisconsin Football Players Weigh-in

Date: 09 11 1954
Description: University of Wisconsin football fullback Alan Ameche stands on a scale and points to his 210-pound weight as coach Ivan Williamson looks on.
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Baseball Team

Date: 1911
Description: Group portrait of the Fennimore baseball team. In the background there are a number of tents, and large banners and flags fly nearby.
Poster

Athletes For The President

Date: 1972
Description: A President Nixon re-election poster with approximately 360 signatures of athletes (appearing in alphabetical order) on it. At the top of the poster is the...
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Speed Skating Champions

Date: 01 26 1958
Description: Group portrait of the 1958 city speed skating champions who won their races in the finals at Vilas Park.
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Jim McIntosh Curling Rink

Date: 03 08 1958
Description: Group portrait of members of the Jim McIntosh Curling Rink of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The teammates were winners of the Madison Curling Club's annual inv...
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Ski Jumper

Date: 1986
Description: A skier, wearing #34, soars off of a jump with onlookers behind a fence below.
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Ski Jumping

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Description: View looking downhill towards a ski jumper in mid-air, with spectators watching from both sides of the landing area below.
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W Club Day

Date: 09 26 1959
Description: Two of Wisconsin's athletic greats watch Saturday's football game together. Chris Steinmetz, left, is the "Father of Wisconsin Basketball," and Pat O'Dea w...
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Gary Kolb Scores

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Description: Elevated view of home plate umpire, Chris Pelekoudas, watching as Milwaukee Braves outfielder Gary Kolb slides into home ahead of the tag from Pirates catc...
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Parents' Day at the Wisconsin Football Game

Date: 11 17 1961
Description: University of Wisconsin football coach Milt Bruhn standing with his son Peter, a sophomore, before Parents' Day.
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Bicycle Racers

Date: 1897
Description: View from infield of two bicycle racers at the starting line of the quarter-mile cement bicycle track maintained by the Racine Athletic Association. Two me...
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Madison Curling Club

Date: 12 16 1953
Description: A member of the Madison Curling Club during an intra-club competition. Gloved curler, Jim Cottrell, is standing on the outer circle, pointing with his broo...
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Madison Curling Club

Date: 12 16 1953
Description: Two members of the Madison Curling Club during an intra-club competition. Gloved curlers, L.W. Ketchum (left) and Rollie Black (right), show a "sweeping" t...
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Louise Beavers and Jackie Robinson

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Description: Actors Louise Beavers and Jackie Robinson are looking at a script together during the production of 1950 film "The Jackie Robinson Story." They are on a ba...

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