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Polo Game

Date: 07 24 1957
Description: Elevated view of a polo game in action.
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Harness Racers Neck and Neck

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Description: Five harness racing horses, sulkies, and drivers race around the Wisconsin State Fair track as an audience watches from the grandstand.
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Gaylord Nelson on Horseback

Date: 1939
Description: Gaylord Nelson, later Wisconsin governor, United State senator, and a leading environmentalist of his era, on horseback at a ranch in Rosebud, Montana.
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International Model S Horse Truck

Date: 07 20 1926
Description: A man holding a horse by the reins stands at the back of an International Model S truck. On a small sign on the side of the truck bears the words "PHL Patc...
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Ho-Chunk Man Displaying Horse

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man posing standing on a wooded hillside displaying a single horse with a saddle.
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Hoofers' Horse Show

Date: 05 03 1950
Description: Five University of Wisconsin students sit on horseback as they participate in the Hoofers' horse show. Shown from left to right: Richard Wilburth, Milwauk...
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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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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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Judges Stand at Oriental Park Racetrack

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Description: Horses stand near a judge's booth at Oriental Park Racetrack while spectators watch from a grandstand in the background. The racetrack was founded in 1915 ...
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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 09 1962
Description: The Bill McCaskill family and some of their stock at the 300 acre Azur Arab Horse Ranch.

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