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Polo Players

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Description: Polo horses take graceful strides as two players vie to hit the ball at Joy Farms.
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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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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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Platteville Coon Dog Race

Date: 07 02 1944
Description: Coon dogs starting race with handlers and spectators in background.
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Badminton Game at Campsite

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Description: Four individuals, presumably the Jonas family, play badminton at their campsite. A horse grazes behind the individuals playing badminton.
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Playing Polo on Horseback

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Description: Three men on horseback wear team uniforms on a grass polo field. A fence and automobiles are visible in the background at left.
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Playing Polo on Horseback

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Description: Polo players on horseback wear team uniforms while playing on a grass field. A multi-storied building stands in the background.
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Sportsmen's Bar

Date: 02 24 1978
Description: "Sportsmen's Bar — Ed Lenz, Prop."
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Camp Randall Rabbits

Date: 08 08 1954
Description: Descendants of a brood of rabbits found at Camp Randall in 1949 are carefully cared for as good luck charms. Assistant U.W. Coach Bob Odell (left) and two ...
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Race at Jackson County Fairgrounds

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Description: Outdoor view across racing track of a horse and racing buggy making a turn in front of a large grandstand. Probably at the Jackson County fairgrounds.
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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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