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University of Wisconsin and Marquette Football Game

Date: 11 13 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin football player Gene Evans, in the center, carries the football for a six-yard run on the team's drive to their second touchdown. A...
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Wisconsin-Minnesota Football Game

Date: 11 20 1948
Description: Minnesota ball carrier Stan Thiele (41) is stopped short of a touchdown by the Wisconsin defense in the fourth quarter of the football game at Camp Randall...
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Wisconsin-Minnesota Football Game

Date: 11 20 1948
Description: Wisconsin ball carrier Jim Embach (12) carries the ball against the Minnesota Gophers during their football game at Camp Randall Stadium.
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Grand Prize

Date: 10 05 1912
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...
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Cars on Racetrack

Date: 1912
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...
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Diver and Crew

Date: 1937
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.
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Man in Diving Suit

Date: 1937
Description: Man in diving suit being helped out of the water by three men in a rowboat.
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Road Races

Date: 1912
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...
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Group of Men on Racetrack

Date: 1912
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...
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Race Car Drivers

Date: 09 1912
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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Woman in Athletic Clothing

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Description: A woman wearing athletic clothing stands in a room with a punching bag.
Poster

International Motocross Poster

Date: 10 1971
Description: Poster publicizing an international motocross event, which took place October 3, 1971 at the Grand Prix track at Turtle Park, in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. Event ...
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Young Men Boxing

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Description: Two young men, possibly dressed in baseball uniforms, box outdoors in front of a wooden building. The man on the left is Lutie Franz and on the right is Ge...
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Cyclists Rounding Turn

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Description: Two cyclists round a turn on Jackson County Fairground racetrack. The grandstand and judges' stand is in the background.
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Cyclists Crossing Finish Line

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Description: Cyclists in a race at the Jackson County Fairground cross the finish line near the judges' stand.
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Man in Reeds

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Description: At Big Muskegan Wind. In a marsh part of a lake, a man in waders is bent over among the reeds. In the background are three people in a boat, with one perso...
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Wisconsin Boxing Coach and Three Brother Boxers

Date: 01 10 1949
Description: University of Wisconsin boxing coach, John J. Walsh, with three of his team boxers, brothers Dwight, Dwaine and Don Dickinson (left to right), of Tomah. Do...
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West High School National Archery Champion

Date: 01 20 1949
Description: Bill Wolber, West High School national champion, who recently competed to defend his title. He won't know for several weeks, although he broke several reco...
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Start of Automobile Race

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Description: A line of cars ready for the start of a race, possibly taking place at the State Fair. Spectators are in the background.
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Divers Testing New Breathing Mixture in a Revolutionary Dive Suit

Date: 1937
Description: John Craig, Max Gene Nohl (seated in the dive suit), Dr. Edgar End and a fourth unknown person looking in. The location is the Milwaukee County Emergency H...

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