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| Description: | Motorcyclists race, probably at the Wisconsin State Fair Grounds. |
| Date: | 05 02 1956 |
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| Description: | Father demonstrates controls of a mini-race car as his daughter sits in the car. |
| Date: | 06 20 1963 |
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| Description: | Helmeted boy swings a bat at city of Brown Deer's recreation department baseball camp. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Beverly Steffen, the 1952 Alice in Dairyland, poses with Harley Davidson motorcyle racers and crew at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
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| Description: | Jimmy Chan of Columbus, Ohio, expert motorcycle racer, sits astride his motorcycle, No. 16, wearing a Harley Davidson jersey and racing gear at Wisconsin S... |
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| Description: | Billy Huber of Reading, PA, dubbed "America's most popular motorcycle competition rider" by the American Motorcycle Association, is shown astride his Harle... |
| Date: | 07 27 1949 |
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| Description: | Number 34N, the Harley Davidson, leads during a qualifying heat during the 15-Mile National Race at the State Fair Grounds. |
| Date: | 10 02 1912 |
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| Description: | African American heavyweight boxing champion, Jack Johnson, drove up to Milwaukee from his home in Chicago to watch the Vanderbilt Cup race on October 2, 1... |
| Date: | 05 16 1958 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee Braves first baseman Joe Adcock swinging a bat, possibly in spring training 1958. Known for his power, Adcock had an off year in 1958, hitting 1... |
| Date: | 06 08 1959 |
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| Description: | Lew Burdette, pitcher for the Milwaukee Braves baseball team, swinging a bat against the Chicago Cubs on June 8, 1959. Burdette, always known as a good hit... |
| Date: | 05 16 1958 |
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| Description: | Joe Adcock in action at Milwaukee Braves spring training. |
| Date: | 03 27 1957 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Milwaukee Braves catcher Delmar Crandall at spring training. |
| Date: | 10 05 1912 |
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| Description: | Bob Burman, left, leans on a #31 Benz race car. Caleb Bragg, winner of Grand Prize Race in 1912, on road course in Wauwatosa, faces the camera. The other t... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Early twentieth-century race cars lined up for the beginning of a race. heavy smoke is behind the cars. The grandstand on the left is filled with spectator... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Three men on pilings posing with man in a diving suit in preparation for a dive. Onlookers are standing above on a bridge in the background. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Man in diving suit being helped out of the water by three men in a rowboat. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Driver Spencer Washart on left, with John Genter (the mechanic) sitting next to him. Washart has 'Mercedes" written across his shirt. Another car is behind... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | The man in the goggles on the right is Teddy Tetzlaff; possibly at the Vanderbilt Cup Race. The other men are unidentified. In the background is the grands... |
| Date: | 09 1912 |
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| Description: | Two men sitting in a racecar, with the driver of the car, possibly Harry Endicott, wearing a leather mask with goggles. Two men are standing in the backgro... |
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