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Grandstand and Racetrack

Date: 1910
Description: Harness race at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. Caption at top left reads: "Partial view, Grand Stand and Race Track, Wisconsin State Fair, Milwaukee."
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University of Wisconsin Fans

Date: 11 1911
Description: A view of the University of Wisconsin football fans at Camp Randall during the game against Ripon College, which UW won 24-0. Student Ralph Engsberg, who ...
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United States Naval Training Camp

Date: 1918
Description: A view of sailors seated around a boxing ring, watching a match at a United States Naval Training Camp.
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United States Naval Training Camp

Date: 1918
Description: A group of soldiers play with a large push ball while others look on. The military buildings of the United States Naval Training Camp stand behind the spe...
Photograph

"Frontier Days" Rodeo

Date: 1910
Description: View of a "Frontier Days" Rodeo. A man holding his hat in one hand is riding a bronco while two other men run nearby. A circle of observers on horseback st...
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"Frontier Days" Rodeo

Date: 1910
Description: View of a "Frontier Days" Rodeo. A man is riding a bucking bronco while four other men surround him. A circle of observers on horseback are behind a barric...
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"Frontier Days" Rodeo

Date: 1910
Description: A man is riding a bucking bronco while two other men try to calm it at a "Frontier Days" rodeo.
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"Frontier Days" Rodeo

Date: 1910
Description: Four men attempt to saddle a bucking bronco at a "Frontier Days" rodeo. Observers stand in the background looking on.
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"Frontier Days" Rodeo

Date: 1910
Description: A man is holding his hat while riding a bucking bronco. Other men are following him on horseback at a "Frontier Days" rodeo. Observers look on from behind ...
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"Frontier Days" Rodeo

Date: 1910
Description: Four men approach a bucking bronco at a "Frontier Days" rodeo. A group of observers on horseback are in the background.
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"Frontier Days" Rodeo

Date: 1910
Description: Rodeo producer, Verne Elliott (1890-1962) rides a bucking buffalo at a "Frontier Days" rodeo. In the background are observers on horseback.
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"Frontier Days" Rodeo

Date: 1910
Description: Three cowboys wearing sheepskin chaps convene on the field at a "Frontier Days" rodeo. In the background are observers on horseback.
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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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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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