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Tennis Club House and Courts

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Description: People use outdoor tennis courts while others watch from beneath the shade of a clubhouse awning. Others in the foreground also look on while sitting on r...
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Playing Tennis

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Description: Spectators sit and stand to watch people play tennis on a fenced-in tennis court at Shelter Island Height. The court is surrounded by trees and several bui...
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Playing Shuffleboard at Lake Chautaugna

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Description: Several people play shuffleboard on an outdoor court at Lake Chautaugna. Spectators sit on benches and stand around the court to watch the games.
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The Excelsior Springs Golf Course

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Description: Groups of people walk across the fairway of The Excelsior Springs Golf course.
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Boxing Match between Two Dwarfs

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Description: Spectators watch as two dwarfs box in a ring at Midland Beach. A raised pavilion stands in the background.
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Kent State College Wells Gymnasium Interior

Date: 1910
Description: American flags hang from the ceiling in the Kent State College Wells Gymnasium. The gym holds a variety of fitness equipment including rings, parallel bars...
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Race At The Cornell University Running Track

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Description: Young men in track uniforms compete in a race around a track at Cornell University. Judges and spectators stand on the grass near the track while addition...
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Crowd Entering Bull Fighting Ring

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Description: A crowd of men and women in formal attire stands in front of a bullfight stadium. The building features an arched entryway, a balcony, advertisements on th...
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Racine Velodrome

Date: 1897
Description: Aerial view drawing of a velodrome with racers on the oval track and stands full of spectators. Signage on the outer wall indicates that it is the Racine A...
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Ski Jumper

Date: 1911
Description: Skier heading down the jump at Stoughton with spectators in the foreground.
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Ski Jump

Date: 1915
Description: Hand-colored lantern slide view of a ski jumper wearing #32 sailing off of the jump at Stoughton. Spectators watch from the base of the jump which is decor...
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Crash Landing

Date: 1915
Description: Ski jumper crash lands into the snow below the jump.
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Tandem Ski Jump

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Description: View from below of two skiers jumping at the same time, with spectators watching from both sides of the bottom of the ski jump.
Manuscript

Waterloo Fire Department Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Waterloo Fire Department, with a duotone photograph of a baseball field with a game in progress and fans in the stands at Firemen's Park,...
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Camp Randall Historic Marker

Date: 10 28 1961
Description: The dedication ceremony of the Camp Randall historical marker was part of the halftime entertainment of the Wisconsin versus Ohio State football game. Gove...
Postcard

Community Baseball Game

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Description: Photographic postcard view of a small town baseball game in progress. Audience members are standing on the sideline and sitting on the grass. Horses and bu...
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Motorcycles with Sidecars

Date: 1935
Description: A man, on the right, is riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle with a man in a sidecar, on the left, in an event for the Badger Derby. The driver who is smoki...
Magazine or Periodical

1960 Green Bay Packers Yearbook

Date: 1960
Description: Cover of the Green Bay Packers 1960 Yearbook featuring a photograph from the Packer-Lion game of October 4, 1959 showing Halfback, Paul Hornung on an end s...
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Boxing Match at University of Wisconsin Field House

Date: 1948
Description: Elevated view of a full crowd at the Field House, including people sitting on the floor in chairs watching the boxers in a boxing ring in the center of the...
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Babe Ruth at Bat

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Description: View across field towards Babe Ruth at bat during a baseball game, taken from ground level. Ruth's right side is to the camera and he is holding the bat ab...

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