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Playing Tennis

Date: 1900
Description: Mixed doubles tennis game outdoors at the beginning of the 20th century, with a woman clad in long dress and upswept hair. A man wearing a tie is running b...
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy at the Podium

Date: 10 23 1960
Description: A campaign speech by presidential candidate John F. Kennedy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House.
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East High School Boy's Track Team

Date: 03 18 1935
Description: Group portrait of East High School boy's track team in uniform, and four coaches.
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Two Mayors at the Fair

Date: 1941
Description: Mayor Carl Zeidler of Milwaukee and Mayor Leo J. Promen of Fond du Lac at the Wisconsin State Fair. Zeidler is sipping Coca-Cola from a bottle and Promen i...
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NCAA National Boxing Tournament

Date: 03 28 1947
Description: Four members of the NCAA committee checking score cards from the referee and two judges following a bout at the NCAA National Boxing Tournament at the Univ...
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Covington and Fiskburg Bus

Date: 1914
Description: A man stands on a lawn by the front wheel of an International bus marked "Covington and Fiskburg." In the background is a fence and beyond that is a covere...
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Tennis Court at Berry's Coldwater Canyon Hotel

Date: 1926
Description: The Coldwater Canyon Hotel tennis court, with two men playing tennis.
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Warming Up for Judo

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Description: A police student helps another student warm up for judo instruction at the YMCA as another man supervises.
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Tennis Players on Court

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of a line of people, some holding tennis rackets, posed in a line behind a net on a dirt tennis court between North 3rd and 4th Street. Hous...
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Crowd at Jackson County Fair Grandstand

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Description: Outdoor view of people walking in front of a wooden grandstand. Probably at the Jackson County fairgrounds.
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Dancer with Children on Dance Floor

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Description: Jesus Avila of Ballet Folklorico in a sombrero and suit with side-seam decoration on the trousers claps and dances with children in a gymnasium, probably a...
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Womenless Wedding

Date: 1927
Description: A womenless group wedding portrait taken in a gymnasium. The large group of men are all dressed theatrically in male and female apparel. Some of the men ar...
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Pat and Johnny O'Brien

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Description: Pat O'Brien stands next to his son Johnny who plays football for Notre Dame University. Pat is wearing a suit and necktie while Johnny is wearing his footb...
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Bobby Meath, University of Wisconsin Boxer

Date: 03 12 1954
Description: Jim Bernd of New Richmond keeps Bobby Meath's shoulders loose as he heads for the ring. Meath is wearing a light-colored robe, head gear, and boxing gloves...
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Smelt Carnival Wrestling Match

Date: 04 1939
Description: A man, wearing galoshes, is standing in a sports ring and dumping fish out of a box labeled Lester Fisher Fisheries. People are in the background behind th...
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Jackie Robinson and Unidentified Actor

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Description: Jackie Robinson and an unknown man are standing on a baseball field during the making of the 1950 film "The Jackie Robinson Story." Behind them are men wor...
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Jackie Robinson and Rachel Robinson

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Description: Jackie Robinson, his wife Rachel Robinson, and a child, probably their son Jackie Robinson Jr. They are sitting in chairs on a baseball field during the ma...

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