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Auto Race at the Fair

Date: 1935
Description: Snapshot of preparations for an automobile race at the Milwaukee State Fair taken by Edward Maurer of La Crosse, an amateur photographer, from his seat in ...
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Airplane Coverage of the Milwaukee Grand Prize Race

Date: 10 05 1912
Description: Photojournalist Fred Wagner covered the 1912 Milwaukee Grand Prize automobile race (later called the American Grand Prix) from Farnum Fish's airplane. The ...
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Grandstand at the State Fairgrounds

Date: 1909
Description: Grandstand and the racetrack at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds.
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State Fair Auto Race

Date: 09 13 1919
Description: Two open cars, a Deusenberg and a Hudson, race around a curve at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds track, spewing dust behind them. The Milwaukee Mile track ...
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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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State Normal School Gymnasium

Date: 1930
Description: View across street towards the gymnasium for the State Normal School.
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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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Wrecked Automobile

Date: 10 05 1912
Description: A wrecked automobile, which crashed during the 1912 Milwaukee Grand Prize Race (later called the American Grand Prix); possibly car #35, in which driver Ra...
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David Bruce-Brown and Tony Scudelari

Date: 10 1912
Description: Driver David Bruce-Brown and mechanic Tony Scudelari pose in their race car. Although they had been warned that their tires appeared worn, on October 1, 19...
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Gymnasium and Natatorium

Date: 11 02 1912
Description: View across unpaved road towards the gymnasium and natatorium. Caption reads: "Gymnasium and Natatorium, Menominee, Wis."
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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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Brett Favre on Packer Practice Field

Date: 07 24 1998
Description: Brett Favre with coaches and other players on the Packer practice field during a scrimmage(?). This photograph was taken for the Wisconsin Division of Tour...
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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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