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Polo Game

Date: 07 24 1957
Description: Elevated view of a polo game in action.
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Polo Players

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Description: Polo horses take graceful strides as two players vie to hit the ball at Joy Farms.
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Junior Hunt Club on Horseback

Date: 10 26 1930
Description: Seven children and two adults are sitting on horses in front of the Blackhawk Riding Academy, 1019 Conklin Place.
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Junior Hunt Club on Horseback

Date: 10 26 1930
Description: Seven children and two adults sitting on horses in front of the Blackhawk Riding Academy, 1019 Conklin Place.
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Buffalo Hunt, Chasing Back

Date: 1844
Description: Buffalo chasing hunter with rifle on horseback (Plate 12).

"The wounded and chafed bull often turns upon its assailant, and runs him back, over the whole...

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Frank B. Miller with Trained Stallion

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Description: Frank B. Miller with a trained spotted stallion, sitting on its rear legs, whose trainer was with the Norris & Rowe shows. They were photographed at winter...
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Frank B. Miller, Circus Man

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Description: Frank B. Miller of Wright City, Missouri, was a jockey and circus rider.
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Mrs. Charles Van Schaick on Horseback

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Description: Mrs. Charles Van Schaick, posing on horseback, is riding past the livery stable. It was unusual for women at this time to ride horseback.
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Madison Saddle Club Horse Show

Date: 10 09 1949
Description: Terry Haley and Lynn Haley sit on horseback at the Dane County Fair Grounds for the Madison Saddle Club Horse Show.
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Horseback Riding Meet

Date: 10 06 1963
Description: Men and women with horse trailers gather beneath Castle Rock. The group gathered there for a western-style horseback riding meet.
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Woman Horseback Riding

Date: 1896
Description: Mrs. Elsie Stevens poses on a path by a lake while riding a horse. Possibly on the University of Wisconsin-Madison drive (present-day Lakeshore path).
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Woman on Horseback

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Description: Mrs. Sterling, an instructor in German at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, rides horseback in a neighborhood. In the background are several residences,...
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Cowgirl

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Description: Embossed postcard of a painting of a woman in rodeo garb on horseback. The horse is rearing up while the woman fires a gun into the ground.
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The Partridge Inn

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Description: Men and horses stand outside the Partridge Inn, a multi-storied hotel. The inn was built in 1836.
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Dressed for the Fox Hunt

Date: 1930
Description: Edward Ilsley of Milwaukee mounted on a horse and dressed for fox-hunting.
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Two Men with Horses

Date: 06 1901
Description: Gust Wendorf and William Will standing in front of a barn with their horses. Each of the men are holding the rope attached to the horse's halter.
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McCaskill's Azur Arab Horse Ranch

Date: 05 08 1962
Description: Mike McCaskill (12) riding his mare, Warpaint, at the 300 acre McCaskill Azur Arab Horse Ranch.
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McCaskill's Azur Arab Horse Ranch

Date: 05 09 1962
Description: The Bill McCaskill family and some of their stock at the 300 acre Azur Arab Horse Ranch.
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McCaskill's Azur Arab Horse Ranch

Date: 05 09 1962
Description: Billy McCaskill (right), age 9, manicures his Shetland pony Bootsie for the Madison Saddle Club Show as "Tootie" McCaskill, age 4, looking on at the McCask...
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Little International Livestock and Horse Show

Date: 02 29 1964
Description: A young woman astride a horse during the Little International Livestock and Horse Show at the U.W. stock pavilion. In the background are a crowd of people ...

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