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| Date: | 10 1912 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of drivers making last minute adjustments to their automobiles at the start of the Milwaukee Grand Prize race (later called the Amer... |
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| Description: | Motorcyclists at the start of the race, probably at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. |
| Date: | 07 07 1957 |
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| Description: | Eddie Mathews, third baseman for the Milwaukee Braves baseball team, sliding into home plate. Chicago Cubs catcher Cal Neeman is applying the tag as Braves... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Two men sitting in the stands review the Milwaukee Braves official program during a game. |
| Date: | 03 15 1957 |
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| Description: | High school fans in the bleachers cheer on their team during a night game. |
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| Description: | A race car is moved along the racetrack at the Wisconsin State Fair Park by its pit crew as a grandstand full of spectators watch. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | A photographer stands close to the Milwaukee Mile racetrack with camera poised to capture the action as the stock cars competing in the race speed by him. ... |
| Date: | 06 23 1957 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee Braves shortstop Johnny Logan jumps over a sliding baserunner and throws to Braves' first baseman Frank Torre in a game at County Stadium. Second... |
| Date: | 09 02 1958 |
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| Description: | Two young British women, Hilary Birley and Cecily Thompson, watching their first baseball game at a Cubs-Braves double header. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Jack McGrath, an Indianapolis 500 driver, photographed at the Milwaukee State Fair, with his cream colored Hinkle Special. McGrath died in an automobile cr... |
| Date: | 10 1912 |
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| Description: | A race car driver wearing a "Buick shirt" watches as his crew works on his vehicle. In the background, another car is passing the grandstand. |
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| Description: | The Bardahl car's pit crew watches the action during an automobile race at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. |
| Date: | 04 11 1961 |
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| Description: | Governor Gaylord Nelson throwing the first ball of the season at County Stadium. |
| Date: | 05 13 1961 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee Braves pitcher Bob Buhl in action against the Chicago Cubs, probably on May 9. Buhl won that game at County Stadium 8-5, behind two Joe Adcock h... |
| Date: | 08 18 1960 |
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| Description: | View from behind home plate of Lew Burdette delivering a pitch in the Milwaukee Braves' 1-0 victory over the the Philadelphia Phillies, August 18, 1960 at ... |
| Date: | 06 08 1959 |
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| Description: | Lew Burdette, pitcher for the Milwaukee Braves baseball team, swinging a bat against the Chicago Cubs on June 8, 1959. Burdette, always known as a good hit... |
| Date: | 06 08 1959 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee Braves pitcher Lew Burdette standing on the pitcher's mound in a game against the Chicago Cubs at County Stadium, June 8, 1959. Burdette was kno... |
| Date: | 06 08 1959 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee Braves third baseman Eddie Mathews swinging away in a game at County Stadium against the Chicago Cubs, June 8, 1959. Mathews hit a solo home run ... |
| Date: | 10 07 1957 |
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| Description: | Left fielder Wes Covington of the Milwaukee Braves hits a pop up in 1957. Recalled from the Braves' Wichita farm team in mid-June, Covington hit 21 home ru... |
| Date: | 09 30 1957 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee Braves outfielder John DeMerit works out at Milwaukee County Stadium in 1957. A rookie in 1957, DeMerit made one appearance in that year's Worl... |
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