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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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Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Pontifical Field Mass

Date: 09 11 1955
Description: Archbishop Philip Pocock of Winnipeg preaching the sermon at the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine pontifical field mass held at Breese Stevens Field.
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Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Pontifical Field Mass

Date: 09 11 1955
Description: Archbishop Philip Pocock of Winnipeg preaching the sermon at the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine pontifical field mass held at Breese Stevens Field. T...
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Jerry Vetter, Pole Vaulter

Date: 04 29 1944
Description: Jerry Vetter, West High School track star, has cleared 11 feet 7 inches in the pole vault, and 21 1/2 inches in the broad jump.
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All-Star Baseball Game

Date: 07 12 1944
Description: Leo Peterson, Kennedy Dairy manager, Irv Jacobson, West Side Businessmen, and Forrest Henderson, from Riley, Wisconsin, were the coaches for the Madison ar...
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All-Star Baseball Game

Date: 07 12 1944
Description: In 1934 and 1935 the most famous battery in baseball was owned by the Detroit Tigers, Lynwood "Schoolboy" Rowe pitching and Gordon Stanley "Mickey" Cochran...
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All-Star Baseball Game

Date: 07 12 1944
Description: Crowd of Navy men and women in the stands watching the Madison-area amateur baseball all-stars in a game against the Navy's Great Lakes Bluejackets at Bree...
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Fairgrounds Harness Race

Date: 07 14 1944
Description: One horse and racer on the track in front of the judges stand during a harness race at a fairgrounds. Signs visible promote county fairs in Darlington and ...
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Roller Skating Rink in Madison

Date: 07 20 1944
Description: Boys and girls roller skating on the Olbrich playground tennis courts on a summer evening. Music is furnished by a jukebox.
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Holy Hour at Breese Stevens Field

Date: 09 10 1944
Description: Third annual Holy Hour at Breese Stevens Field sponsored by the Holy Hour Society of Dane County, with flag flanked altar. Soldiers are sitting in the fore...
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Holy Hour

Date: 09 10 1944
Description: Third annual Holy Hour at Breese Stevens Field sponsored by the Holy Hour Society of Dane County with flag flanked altar. Soldiers are in the foreground, k...
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Charles "Chick" Lowe Receiving Award

Date: 06 27 1945
Description: Charles "Chick" Lowe receiving an award from Leonard T. "Dutch" Midland, president of the Wisconsin-Felton Sporting Goods Company, and Eddie Krajnik, Phila...
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University of Wisconsin Baseball Squad

Date: 04 02 1946
Description: Group portrait of 1946 University of Wisconsin Baseball Squad, with a dog sitting on the ground in front.
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Coaches at Camp Randall

Date: 08 11 1946
Description: Seven high school coaches at the first North-South High School All-Star football game at Camp Randall. Back row, left to right: Ade Dillon, Appleton; Willi...
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UW vs. Marquette Football Game

Date: 09 21 1946
Description: Action photograph of Fullback Earl Maves (No. 35) running for a touchdown during the University of Wisconsin-Madison vs. Marquette football game.
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UW vs. Ohio State Football Game

Date: 10 12 1946
Description: Fullback Earl Maves (35) running off tackle for eight yards to the Ohio State one yard line accompanied by University of Wisconsin-Madison end Dale Bowers ...
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University of Wisconsin Football Game

Date: 11 01 1947
Description: UW football player Clarence Self, #18, scoring a touchdown in University of Wisconsin vs. Northwestern game.
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University of Wisconsin Football Game

Date: 10 01 1947
Description: University of Wisconsin football player Clarence Self, #18, carrying the ball during the UW vs. Northwestern football game.
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University of Wisconsin Football Game

Date: 11 01 1947
Description: University of Wisconsin football player Clarence Self, #18, carrying the ball and tackle Dick Loepke, #73, running interference for Self during the UW vs. ...
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University of Wisconsin Football Game

Date: 11 01 1947
Description: University of Wisconsin football player Gene Evans #46 carrying the ball for a touchdown and Northwestern football player Don Burson #21, defending, during...

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