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Adirondack Baseball Bat Factory

Date: 1965
Description: Interior of Adirondack Bats, Inc. baseball bat plant. These bats, made from New York and Pennsylvania white ash, received their final finish and are ready ...
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Berg's Sporting Goods Booth

Date: 09 25 1938
Description: Berg's Sporting Goods booth at the East Side Business Men's Association showing hunting and camping gear in a woodland setting.
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Acrobatic Formation

Date: 03 10 1938
Description: Acrobats in formation, on stage with 15 participants holding various pieces of athletic equipment.
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Sears Sporting Goods Display

Date: 03 02 1932
Description: Sears Roebuck & Co. sporting goods display, featuring guns and golf clubs with "Hercules Work Clothes" sign.
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Middleton High School Track Squad

Date: 01 13 1931
Description: Group portrait of Middleton High School boy's track squad in uniform, including the coach. There is a pole vault and discus in the foreground.
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Felton Gun Store Booth at ESBMA Fall Festival

Date: 09 10 1929
Description: Felton Gun Store booth at East Side Business Men's Association (ESBMA) Fall Festival." Sporting goods for sportsmen." Featuring a woodland campsite tableau...
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Sears Roebuck & Co. Interior

Date: 06 06 1929
Description: Interior view of the sports department at Sears Roebuck & Co. at 313 State Street.
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Four Lakes Sports Co. Workshop Interior

Date: 10 30 1946
Description: Interior of Four Lakes Sports Company at 2441 East Washington Avenue. Shows part of office, workshop, and gun rack with guns, in relation to open stairway....
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Officers of Scout Leaders Club

Date: 09 28 1944
Description: Officers of the Scout Leaders Club learning to build fires, making tin can stoves, and using outdoor equipment. Left to right are: Mrs. Eldred Tygum (Willn...
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Leo A. Peterson and William H. Kelly, Felton Sporting Goods

Date: 07 20 1948
Description: Leo A. Peterson, 2135 East Mifflin Street, at left, and William H. Kelly, 127 West Wilson Street, right, newly appointed vice-presidents of the Wisconsin-F...
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Curling Match

Date: 1950
Description: Two women compete in a curling match. Several spectators are visible in the background.
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Family

Date: 1931
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk man and woman posing sitting in front of a Ho-Chunk boy standing in front of a painted backdrop. The boy, J...
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Portrait of Tom Roddy and His Wife

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Description: A European American man is posing reading on the left, and a European American woman is posing standing on the right in a room decorated with Ho-Chunk arti...
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Ho-Chunk Woman and European American Women in Ho-Chunk Dress

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Description: Two European American women posing reclining against a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting on the floor against a couch. They are dressed in Ho-Chunk regalia. Th...
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Slot-Machines in Penny Arcade

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Description: A night photograph of 'obscene' slot-machines in a penny arcade. On display are pennants on the wall, including "Iowa" and "Nebraska." Another machine hold...
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Madison Golf Course Manager

Date: 04 19 1950
Description: Tony Mierswa, the Maple Bluff Country Club professional, standing in the clubhouse near rows of golf clubs stored against the walls.
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YWCA Camp for Working Girls

Date: 06 01 1950
Description: Four young working women who plan to attend the YWCA camp for working girls on Lake Mendota 12 miles from the Capitol are pictured, left to right, with a s...
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Madison Invitational Softball Tournament Awards

Date: 06 26 1950
Description: A display shows various merchandise awards which players will compete for in the Madison Invitational Sofball Tournament. Pictured are jackets, a wrist wa...
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University of Wisconsin Dames Club

Date: 11 29 1950
Description: Five members of the Dames Club posing with sports equipment that depict activities the club will be involved in during the upcoming year. The Dames Club is...
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Perkiomen Seminary Gynasium

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Description: View of the Perkiomen Seminary Gymnasium featuring brick walls, climbing ropes, rings, and gymnastics equipment.

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