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Ball-Play Dance

Date: 1844
Description: Choctaw Indians performing dance (Plate 22).

"As I have mentioned in former pages that for nearly all their hunts, wars, or games, the events of which th...

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Ball Play

Date: 1844
Description: Large group of Indians engaged in the game of lacrosse (Plate 23).

"Having in the two former illustrations and their chapters, explained to the readers t...

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Western Rifle Association Tournament

Date: 1886
Description: Participants, spectators, and the competition grounds of the Western Rifle Association Tournament.
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Western Rifle Association Tournament

Date: 1886
Description: Men and boys participate in the Western Rifle Association Tournament. Many of the participants are sitting under umbrellas and holding their guns. Severa...
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Western Rifle Association Tournament

Date: 1886
Description: Participants at the Western Rifle Association Tournament, Wapello, Iowa, seated and standing by a small stream. Several of the men are holding guns.
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"The Gang's All Here" University of Wisconsin Bonfire

Date: 1903
Description: Large crowd gathered at University of Wisconsin bonfire, perhaps after a football game. Text "The gang's all here" is written on the negative.
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Young Men Sitting on a Fence

Date: 1903
Description: Group watching a University of Wisconsin football game (?) from a fence. Most are sitting on top, a few are standing and two men are peeking through the fe...
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University of Wisconsin Cheerleader

Date: 1903
Description: A male cheerleader with megaphone leading the crowd at a University of Wisconsin football (?) game. The band performs at the front of the crowd.
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Horse and Rider Take a Jump

Date: 1940
Description: Patricia Ferneding of Hartland, Wisconsin takes her Lightweight Hunter named Just So over a jump at the Wisconsin State Fair. Miss Ferneding won the Ladies...
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Football Player on Scale

Date: 11 24 1944
Description: A football player stands on scale weighing in at 183 lbs. A second player is standing nearby.
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Roller Skating

Date: 07 20 1944
Description: Children roller skating on the Olbrich playground tennis court as part of city Recreation Department summer activities.
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Football Player on Scale

Date: 11 24 1944
Description: A football player standing on a scale.
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Wisconsin-Iowa Football Game

Date: 10 08 1947
Description: Football players run down the field followed by a referee at the Wisconsin-Iowa football game. The stands are crowded with fans.
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University of Wisconsin Crew Rowing

Date: 02 23 1953
Description: University of Wisconsin varsity crew in a practice boat on the Yahara River. View looking south with Westinghouse Electric Supply Company, 110 North Thorn...
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University of Wisconsin Crew Rowing

Date: 02 23 1953
Description: University of Wisconsin crew rowing down the Yahara River. View looking south toward railroad bridge in the 100 block of North Thornton Avenue.
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University of Wisconsin Crew Rowing

Date: 02 23 1953
Description: University of Wisconsin crew gets into their shell from the dock on the Yahara River with Trachte boat houses in the background. View looking northwest tow...
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Bill Carow Olympic Skater

Date: 02 05 1955
Description: Fireman Bill Carow, member of the 1956 United States Olympic Ice Speed Skating Team.
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Olympic Skater Bill Carow with Son

Date: 01 04 1955
Description: Fireman Bill Carow, member of the 1955 United States Olympic Ice Speed Skating Team, lacing his son's, Michael Carow, skates.
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University of Wisconsin and University of Michigan Basketball Game

Date: 02 14 1953
Description: A Wisconsin baskeetball player attempts to pass the ball during a game between the University of Wisconsin and the University of Michigan.
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Wisconsin vs. Indiana Basketball Game

Date: 02 16 1953
Description: Wisconsin player number 54 attempts to make a basket at a University of Wisconsin vs. University of Indiana basketball game.

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