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| Date: | 04 01 1955 |
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| Description: | Henry "Hank" Aaron at bat during a Milwaukee Braves pre-season game. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Mal Whitfield approaches the finish line of a track race at the University of Wisconsin Stadium. |
| Date: | 10 15 1934 |
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| Description: | Babe Ruth, wearing dressing gown, stands in the doorway of a train and signs autographs for clamoring fans, with a train porter in uniform standing by. |
| Date: | 03 18 1954 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Milwaukee Braves outfielder Henry "Hank" Aaron in his baseball uniform. 1954 was Aaron's rookie season. |
| Date: | 04 22 1963 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Henry Aaron in a Milwaukee Braves uniform. |
| Date: | 04 22 1963 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders profile view of Henry Aaron holding a baseball bat. |
| Date: | 04 22 1963 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders profile view of Henry Aaron holding a baseball bat. |
| Date: | 02 13 1947 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the Central High School boy's basketball team and coach, Front row l to r: Pat McCann, Al Dockery, Mel Troia, Bill Withers, Allen Sweet, ... |
| Date: | 04 27 1948 |
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| Description: | Michigan shot putter Charley Fonville, at the Big Nine track meet. He set a new Big Nine outdoor shot put record. |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | Green Bay Packers running back, Ron McBride, wearing a #24 jersey and carrying a helmet, signs autographs for fans as he walks from Lambeau Field to the pr... |
| Date: | 06 03 1954 |
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| Description: | Jackie Robinson crouching on the ground and pointing to a diagram of a baseball diamond sketched on the pavement as a large group of primarily African-Amer... |
| Date: | 01 04 1951 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin boxing coach John Walsh poses with Charlie Hopkins, former Madison Central High School athlete who now boxes for Wisconsin and is a... |
| Date: | 04 12 1952 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Beloit high school 880 yard relay team. They won their event by 3/10s of a second. Their time was 1:35.1, 8/10s off the record. They are,... |
| Date: | 05 31 1952 |
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| Description: | Beloit High School's 880-yard relay team raced to its 19th straight victory in that event and its second consecutive relay triumph in the state meet. The ... |
| Date: | 1998 |
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| Description: | Former Green Bay Packer Gilbert "Gravedigger" Brown walks with a crowd of fans. |
| Date: | 1998 |
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| Description: | View through chain-link fence of Green Bay Packer Brett Favre, wearing a red scrimmage jersey, and other players at football practice. |
| Date: | 01 26 1955 |
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| Description: | Jackie Robinson standing in front of a curtain wearing a jacket and tie. He is standing next to a podium, perhaps behind the curtain before or after speaki... |
| Date: | 08 22 1987 |
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| Description: | Green Bay Packer Kenneth Davis lying on the field during a preseason game against the Washington Redskins at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, WI. The Packe... |
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