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Charles Motisi in Traction

Date: 09 18 1933
Description: Charles Motisi lying in a hospital bed with his foot in traction at Madison General Hospital with the first football injury of the season.
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Hank Aaron on the Massage Table

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Description: Henry Aaron on a table getting a massage.
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Refugees at a Displaced Persons Camp Celebrate a Soccer Victory

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Description: Refugees at a Displaced Persons camp celebrate a soccer victory over another D.P. camp team; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wiscons...
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UW Trainer Walter Bakke

Date: 01 04 1950
Description: Wisconsin athletic trainer Walter "Doc" Bakke gives University of Wisconsin basketball player Don Rehfeldt a rubdown. Bakke serves the basketball, football...
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Polio Resistance Exerciser

Date: 10 16 1951
Description: Crowds of shoppers watch the demonstration of a polio resistance exerciser held in a store display window. Dick Murphy, captain of the U.W. boxing team, is...
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Polio Resistance Exerciser

Date: 10 16 1951
Description: Close-up of a polio resistance exerciser. Dick Murphy, captain of the U.W. boxing team, is shown receiving "treatment" on the machine given by Frank Lam of...
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Baseball Stars Tour Veterans Hospital

Date: 01 28 1954
Description: Robert (Red) Wilson (left), one of Wisconsin's all-time football and baseball greats and a catcher for the Chicago White Sox, acts as catcher behind bat ho...
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Central High School Football Players

Date: 08 23 1956
Description: Ed Wing, Central High School football player, having his heart checked by Dr. Hubert Hamel. Al Smith, another Central High player, is looking on.
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East High School Football Players

Date: 08 23 1956
Description: East High School football player Dick Borchardt, right, has his blood pressure taken by Dr. Theodore J. Nereim. Mike McCormick, left, another East High pla...
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George W. Levis Receives the Helms Basketball Hall of Fame Award

Date: 02 12 1959
Description: George W. Levis is honored at a luncheon and receives a certificate as a member of the Helms Basketball Hall of Fame. Roundy Coughlin commented that George...
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Dental Exams Mark the Start of the Middleton High School Football Practice Season

Date: 08 10 1961
Description: The start of the Middleton High School football practices includes dental examinations. Dr. E.C. Nehls examines Jim Teff's molars while Dave Wahler looks o...
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West High School Football Physicals

Date: 08 1955
Description: Madison West High School football player, Dave Koepcke (seated), is getting his blood pressure checked by Dr. William Walter, who is using a stethoscope du...
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East High School Football Medical Examinations

Date: 08 25 1955
Description: Dr. Donald Simley examines the teeth and tongue of Jon Rockstad as three other returning lettermen look on. In the back row are John Davidson, John Hill an...
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Central High School Football Weigh-In and Physical Examinations

Date: 08 1955
Description: Coach Harold (Gus) Pollock (left) adjusting the counter weights on the scale being used by Ron Morrick. Other returning veteran players shown are Steve Sch...
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March of Dimes "Race of Dimes" on the Capitol Square

Date: 01 18 1958
Description: University of Wisconsin football players Dan Lanphear and Bill Hobbs prepare to push two polio victims in wheelchairs around the Capitol Square as part of ...
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Madison Health Studio

Date: 01 15 1958
Description: John "Bud" Fuller, proprietor of Madison Health Studio at 235 West Gilman Street, exercising the neck of Tom Felhofer, a U.W. baseball player.
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Madison Health Studio

Date: 01 15 1958
Description: Professional wrestler, "Lil" Arthur Thomas, tensing his biceps at the Madison Health Studio at 235 West Gilman Street.
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Sixto Lezcano Signing Fan's Cast

Date: 1979
Description: Sixto Lezcano signing a young fan's cast at Milwaukee County Stadium. The boy's tee-shirt has Sixto's portrait on it. Lezcano spent six seasons with the Mi...

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