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YMCA Membership Drive

Date: 02 07 1961
Description: Team Captains for the YMCA membership drive pose as runners at the starting line. First row, left to right, are: George Field, Russ Weitz, Dick Callaway, a...
Photograph

YMCA Swimmers Unbeaten

Date: 02 04 1961
Description: These four YMCA swimmers will be competing in the 160-yard freestyle relay hoping to earn a ninth victory. Left to right are: John Saunders, Cherokee Heigh...
Photograph

University YWCA Smorgasbord

Date: 04 21 1961
Description: Irene Thomas wears a Norwegian costume while looking forward to the annual smorgasbord of the University YWCA in the John Muir room of the YMCA.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map Detail of Langdon Street

Date: 1908
Description: A detail of a Madison Sanborn map that includes the University of Wisconsin Boat House, UW Gymnasium & Armory (The Red Gym), fraternity houses, and the YMC...
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New University of Wisconsin YMCA Building Cornerstone Laid

Date: 06 19 1953
Description: The cornerstone for the new University of Wisconsin YMCA building at the corner of W. Johnson and N. Brooks Streets is laid. Copies of the bible, a Wisc...
Photograph

Seminar on Ministry and Mental Health

Date: 05 16 1955
Description: Three clergymen visit during the seminar on ministry and mental health at the University YMCA. Left to right are: Rev. George Grotkin of St. Mary's Catholi...
Photograph

Seminar on Ministry and Mental Health

Date: 05 16 1955
Description: The men who planned the three-meeting seminar on ministry and mental health gather at the University YMCA in Madison. At left is Walter W. Argow, Madison, ...
Photograph

Seminar on Ministry and Mental Health

Date: 05 16 1955
Description: Three pastors attend the seminar on ministry and mental health at the University YMCA in Madison. Pictured are Rev. Edwin Erbe, St. John's Catholic Church,...
Photograph

Give 'till It Helps...Yes, Someone Cares

Date: 10 1961
Description: The boys' program at the Madison YMCA is supported by the United Givers. Here a boy is jumping on the trampoline.
Photograph

Give 'till It Helps...Yes, Someone Cares

Date: 10 1961
Description: University of Wisconsin YMCA, which receives funding from the United Givers, provides housing and counseling to University of Wisconsin students from the U...
Photograph

Lake Geneva Auto Station

Date: 06 02 1928
Description: View across street towards a convertible automobile with a fender-mounted spare tire parked in front of the Lake Geneva Auto Station on the south side of t...
Photograph

Norman Rauch in AAU Weightlifting Meet

Date: 06 07 1962
Description: Norman Rauch, the Truax Field strongman who already holds three state records, working out in preparation for the Wisconsin Amateur Athletic Union senior w...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Lake Geneva

Date: 1909
Description: Bird's-eye view of Lake Geneva from the south extending to Waukesha and Milwaukee in the north. Delavan Lake and Lake Como are identified. Several electric...
Book or Pamphlet

Swan Dive

Date: 1905
Description: Halftone print of two divers in mid-air as other young men watch from the pier at the Y.M.C.A. camp on Geneva Lake. A sailboat is moored to the pier, which...
Photograph

University of Wisconsin YMCA

Date: 1921
Description: View from Langdon Street of the University of Wisconsin YMCA on the shore of Lake Mendota. On the porch of the building is a large "Cafeteria" sign. Anothe...
Photograph

The Red Gym and the YMCA

Date: 1921
Description: View across open lawn towards the Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) on Langdon Street, with the YMCA (on the left), and Lake Mendota in the background on the Uni...
Postcard

Y.M.C.A.

Date: 1926
Description: Corner view of the Y.M.C.A., a 5-story stone building. Automobiles parked at the curb.
Photograph

Man Standing near Bus

Date: 06 25 1925
Description: View across street towards a man posing in front of a bus parked at the curb. A sign on top of the bus reads: "International Chassis Motor Coach Ltd. Body,...
Postcard

St. Mathew's Church and Y.M.C.A. Building

Date: 1907
Description: Hand-colored postcard of a street with a church on the left and the YMCA in the center. Dogs are on the terrace and in the street. Caption reads: "St. Math...
Poster

United We Serve

Date: 1918
Description: Poster advertising the coalition of groups for the United War Work Campaign, which began in November 1918 and raised funds to support entertainment for Ame...

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