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WMTV Sports Program

Date: 04 28 1953
Description: University of Wisconsin football coach, Ivy Williamson, is showing films to Art Lentz, director of the University Sports News Service, boxing coach, Johnny...
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Gervasi's Tavern

Date: 05 22 1953
Description: Six men are standing behind a shuffle board table, with one man holding a trophy, in John Gervasi's Tavern, 713 Regent Street.
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Rounders Club Christmas Party

Date: 12 17 1953
Description: Three members of the Rounders Club meeting at the annual Christmas party held in the Heidelberg Hofbrau. Milt Bruhn, University of Wisconsin line coach (ri...
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Rounders Club Christmas Party

Date: 12 17 1953
Description: Three members of the Rounders Club meet at the annual Christmas party in the Heidelberg Hofbrau. These Madison old timers get a chuckle out of the proceedi...
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U.W. Fencing Team

Date: 01 05 1954
Description: View from below of Jack Heiden and Bruce Backmann of the University of Wisconsin fencing team crossing foils in the time-honored salute at the beginning of...
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Wisconsin Women's State Golf Finals

Date: 07 22 1954
Description: Joyce Ziske, 1952 women's golf champion, shading her eyes while strolling toward the green at the Blackhawk Country Club. She is competing in the 42nd annu...
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Wisconsin Women's State Golf Finals

Date: 07 22 1954
Description: oyce Ziske, 1952 women's golf champion, celebrating sinking a putt at the Blackhawk Country Club. She is competing in the 42nd annual state tournament of t...
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YMCA Camp Wakanda

Date: 07 21 1954
Description: YMCA staff member Harold Haak (top, center) declares Bill Cunningham (left) safe at home. Other players are Robert Berhagen as catcher and Steve Walrath, w...
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YMCA Camp Wakanda

Date: 07 21 1954
Description: Archers John Vick, Ricky Wixson and Douglas Merdler preparing to send their arrows.
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Edgewood Football Players

Date: 08 25 1954
Description: A group of Edgewood High School football players getting dressed for practice in the locker room. Standing left to right are: Dick Ellis, Doug O'Neill, Ron...
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Wisconsin State High School Basketball Tournament Fans

Date: 03 18 1955
Description: Middleton cheerleaders celebrate their team's victory over Shorewood at the Wisconsin State High School Basketball Tournament at the U.W. Field House. The ...
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Milwaukee Braves Season Opening Game

Date: 04 12 1955
Description: During the 5th inning of the Milwaukee Braves vs. the Cincinnati Redlegs game, Redlegs manager, Birdie Tebbetts (wearing a jacket), argues with the umpire,...
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West High School Football Physicals

Date: 08 1955
Description: Madison West High School football player, Dave Koepcke (seated), is getting his blood pressure checked by Dr. William Walter, who is using a stethoscope du...
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East High School Football Medical Examinations

Date: 08 25 1955
Description: Dr. Donald Simley examines the teeth and tongue of Jon Rockstad as three other returning lettermen look on. In the back row are John Davidson, John Hill an...
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Scene at Shullsburg's Badger Park

Date: 07 1955
Description: Norman Schandt, a member of the Shullsburg team, batting against the Potosi team in a baseball game at Badger Park. A crowd of spectators outside the fence...
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Women's Western Open

Date: 06 23 1954
Description: A professional and an amateur paired up for the 26th Annual Women's Western Open golf tournament at the Maple Bluff Country Club. Mickey Wright from LaJoll...
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Women's Western Open

Date: 06 23 1955
Description: Two professional women golfers check in at the scorer's table for the 26th Annual Women's Western Open at the Maple Bluff Country Club. At left is veteran ...
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Women's Western Open

Date: 06 23 1955
Description: Louise Suggs from Sea Island, Georgia, shows delight after she shot a record 68 for the greatest round of golf ever played by a woman at the Maple Bluff Co...
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Women's Western Open

Date: 06 23 1955
Description: After shooting her record-smashing five under par, Louise Suggs of Sea Island, Georgia, signs her autograph for Kay Pierson of Beloit. Kay's mother is the ...
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Decorated Fraternity House

Date: 10 1955
Description: A neo-classical styled fraternity house on Langdon Street. Fraternity brothers, waving, fill an upper balcony above four large pillars, from which a sign i...

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