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Motorcycle Racetrack

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Description: Motorcyclists race, probably at the Wisconsin State Fair Grounds.
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Girl in a Mini-Race Car

Date: 05 02 1956
Description: Father demonstrates controls of a mini-race car as his daughter sits in the car.
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Skate Boarders

Date: 08 16 1977
Description: Skateboarders take a break.
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Waukesha Flying Club

Date: 05 25 1931
Description: The Waukesha Flying Club and their jointly owned Waco 10. The members are (row 1, left to right) Charles Gittner, Joe Rombough, and Roy Winzenreid and (row...
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Vin Fiz Flies Again?

Date: 05 11 1913
Description: The 1911 Wright Model B rebuilt by Jesse Brabazon of Delavan and his partner-mechanic, Frank Shaffer. Brabazon, who is in the pilot's seat, is about to tak...
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EAA Bombing Demonstration

Date: 08 1983
Description: The crowd at the Experimental Aviation Association Fly-in enjoyed a demonstration of World War II bombing. Here two planes fly through the swirling black s...
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Iowa's First Flyer

Date: 03 1909
Description: Carl S. Bates, a young inventor from Clear Lake, Iowa, about to race the Buick owned by Louis Strang on the beach at Daytona Beach. Bates originally chall...
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Baiting the Hook

Date: 07 27 1941
Description: An elderly man looking blissful, sitting in a boat getting ready to cast his line.
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East High Football Players

Date: 09 06 1934
Description: Two East High football players. 4824B-1 (Unknown). 4824B-2 (Unknown).
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Olson Boys in Go-Kart

Date: 01 19 1934
Description: A small race car built by Samuel Olson at the Wisconsin Oil Burner factory, 1134 Regent Street is enjoyed by his sons, Donald Olson, seated, and Gordon at ...
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Central High School Football Squad

Date: 10 05 1933
Description: Group portrait of Central High school football squad.
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Two Central High School Football Players

Date: 10 05 1933
Description: Two Central High School football players. 4219B-1 is unknown. 4219B-2 is Ernie Mitchell, who is African American.
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Barbers at Kiddie Camp

Date: 08 10 1933
Description: Barbers cutting the hair of four children at The Capital Times Kiddie Camp, with other barbers and children looking on.
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Two Football Players at Edgewood High School

Date: 09 15 1931
Description: Two Madison Edgewood High School football players posing in uniform outdoors. Vic Ripp, all-city halfback (L) and Fonse Hughes, fullback (R). The Edgewood ...
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Wisconsin High School, Two Football Players

Date: 09 15 1931
Description: Wisconsin High School, with two football players in uniforms on the field.
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West High School Football Players

Date: 09 15 1931
Description: West High School, with two football players posing outdoors.
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Wisconsin High School Football Team

Date: 09 15 1931
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Wisconsin High School football squad in uniforms.
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Wisconsin High School Football Players

Date: 09 11 1931
Description: Wisconsin High School football players, Sheldon Loughborough and Bob Thistlethwaite, standing outdoors in uniform.
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Middleton Football Team

Date: 09 01 1931
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Middleton football team.
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Middleton High School Football Players

Date: 11 19 1930
Description: Middleton High School football players, F. Thiede and G. Battes.

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