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Amateur Baseball in the Park

Date: 1938
Description: The catcher squats as the batter gets ready to swing at a pitch while the umpire looks on. This image was taken as part of the WPA Federal Writers Project...
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Shamrock Youth Baseball Team

Date: 07 26 1954
Description: Group portrait of the Shamrock youth baseball team. There are 15 boys in Shamrock t-shirts, and one coach.
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Arthur Mansfield Giving Batting Tips

Date: 06 18 1945
Description: Madison junior baseball leagues director Arthur "Dynamite" Mansfield giving batting tips to Tommy Hunt, left, and Harold Wickert, right, two of the 588 you...
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Pertzborn Plumbers Boys' Baseball Team

Date: 06 18 1945
Description: Group portrait of Pertzborn Plumbers Boys' baseball team.
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Roundy's Baseball Team

Date: 06 22 1945
Description: Group portrait of eleven members of Roundy's midget league baseball team.
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Filmite Motor Oil Baseball Team

Date: 06 22 1945
Description: Group portrait of twelve members of the Filmite Motor Oil baseball team.
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Madison Playground Scenes

Date: 06 29 1950
Description: A group of boys prepares to choose sides for a baseball game at Hoyt Park. Clockwise from lower left are: Phillip Brown, Dennis Timm, Bobby Meyer, Terry Ki...
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Madison Boys Baseball Program

Date: 07 16 1956
Description: A group of rooters attends a Madison Boys Baseball Program game.
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Madison's Boys Baseball Program

Date: 06 15 1953
Description: Fritz Wegner, left, director of Madison's Boys Baseball program, watches the action at Vilas park with some of the boys.
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We Saw You . . . at Carrier Boys' Picnic

Date: 06 30 1954
Description: Madison Newspaper, Inc. hosts a picnic to recognize newspaper carriers, each an individual businessman, who carry the papers in any kind of weather. Gregor...
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"Play Ball" Echoes Through City

Date: 06 20 1955
Description: Umpire Mel Gaestel flips a coin to start the baseball game. Players George Oosterhaus from the Sergenian's Carpet team and Dan Olson from the Optimists tea...
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"Play Ball" Echoes Through City

Date: 06 20 1955
Description: Bob Merry (kneeling, left) helps Umpire Pat McCormick adjust the base as Kenny Kissenger looks on in preparation for a baseball game.
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"Play Ball" Echoes Through City

Date: 06 20 1955
Description: Baseball players from the Dairy Queen team wait their turn at bat. Shown left to right are: Robert Larson, Neal Darazio, and Peter Mery.
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Madison Muskies

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Description: A young ballplayer warming up at the Madison Muskies ballpark in Warner Park.
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Cub Scout Pack Picnic at Hoyt Park

Date: 06 04 1957
Description: Michael Smith swings a bat during a baseball game at a picnic for Cub Scout Pack #321, Den #6.

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