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Madison Toories Curling Auxilary

Date: 12 03 1951
Description: Mrs. Stephen Resan of Route 1 (left) and Agnes Gurney "sweep a stone" on a curling rink. The women are members of the Madison Toories, a women's curling gr...
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Milwaukee Curling Club

Date: 12 09 1951
Description: Group portrait of members of the Hugh Sinclair Rink from Milwaukee who won the fourth event finals of the seventh annual Midwest Curling Bonspiel with thei...
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Madison Cardinals Hockey Club

Date: 12 30 1951
Description: Group portrait of five members of the Madison Cardinals hockey club, gathered at Vilas Park for their first workout of the season. Pictured, standing left ...
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Northwestern Ice Yachting Association Ice Regatta

Date: 01 18 1952
Description: Portrait of five-year-old William (Spike) Boston, the son of national champion Howard Boston, in his iceboat on Lake Monona. He was the youngest skipper in...
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Northwestern Ice Yachting Association Ice Regatta

Date: 01 18 1952
Description: Close-up of five-year-old William (Spike) Boston in his iceboat on Lake Monona. He was the youngest skipper at the Northwestern Yachting Association ice re...
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Northwestern Ice Yachting Association Ice Regatta

Date: 01 18 1952
Description: The Madison crew sits on their iceboat, the "Mary B," that raced in the Northwestern Ice Yachting Association ice regatta on Lake Monona. From left to righ...
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H.T. Ferguson with a Curling Stone

Date: 01 19 1952
Description: H.T. Ferguson, veteran Madison curler, squatting with his hand on the curling stone handle, about to propel it. He is wearing a tam on his head. The club b...
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Northwestern Ice Yachting Association Ice Regatta

Date: 01 19 1952
Description: Iceboats idle on Lake Monona while activities were postponed due to unseasonable weather during the Northwestern Ice Yachting Association ice regatta on La...
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Madison Skating Club Activities

Date: 02 05 1952
Description: Madison Skating Club president, Harold A. Balsley of 4025 Birch Avenue, executes a complicated figure skating spin at the club's ice rink at Truax Field.
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Madison Skating Club Activities

Date: 02 05 1952
Description: The junior skaters of the Madison Skating Club learn various figure skating maneuvers at the club's ice rink at Truax Field. Pictured are Tommy Doran, son ...
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Madison Skating Club Activities

Date: 02 04 1952
Description: Mrs. Alan (Jesse) Nelson, 1 South Owen Drive, is one of the leading members of the Madison Skating Club and is the current program chairman of the group an...
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Madison Skating Club Activities

Date: 02 05 1952
Description: Mr. and Mrs. B. Arden and Irene Taylor, 407 West Dean Avenue, are proficient figure skaters who help in the instruction of beginning skaters and youngsters...
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Madison Skating Club Activities

Date: 02 05 1952
Description: "The Four Horsemen," a quartet of little boys, are learning to ice skate at the Madison Skating Club at Truax Field. Left to right: Jimmy Bakken, Phip Rie...
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Madison Skating Club Activities

Date: 02 05 1952
Description: Johnny Beck, age 2, stands firmly and solemnly on his tiny double-runner skates as he watches the older Madison Skating Club skaters at Truax skating rink.
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Madison Skating Club Activities

Date: 02 05 1952
Description: Leona Engelberger laces up her white skates; she is a member of the Madison Skating Club at Truax Field skating rink.
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Madison Skating Club Activities

Date: 02 05 1952
Description: Three teanage girls gather regularly at the Truax ice arena of the Madison Skating Club. From left, they are: Carolyn Freeman, Katy Grimmer, and Valerie W...
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Girl Falls Through the Ice on Lake Wingra Lagoon

Date: 01 12 1952
Description: Carol Jean Brown, the six-year-old daughter of Donald and Eugenia Brown, 2917 Monroe Street, fell through the ice on the Lake Wingra lagoon near Arbor Driv...
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Winners of Divisional Titles in Madison Speed Skating Meet

Date: 02 17 1952
Description: Six new records were established in the Madison speed skating finals. Pictured left to right are skaters who led their divisions in the annual city champio...
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University of Wisconsin Prom Queen Contest

Date: 02 18 1952
Description: Shelia O'Neil (left), a finalist in the University of Wisconsin Prom Queen contest, holds up a fish (yellow perch) as part of her "Fishing for Votes" campa...
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Ice Skater

Date: 1915
Description: Winter scene with a man wearing ice skates, bowler hat, and warm gloves, probably standing on Lake Mendota.

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