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Acrobatic Formation

Date: 03 10 1938
Description: Acrobats in formation, on stage with 15 participants holding various pieces of athletic equipment.
Poster

Health and Safety Poster on Employee Clubs

Date: 1916
Description: Poster or signboard with the title: "Clubs - Fostered for Good Fellowship; Recreation for Good Health." promoting International Harvester's ideas on the im...
Poster

Wisconsin Men's Basketball Poster

Date: 11 1972
Description: Poster with the schedule for the 1972/1973 University of Wisconsin-Madison men's basketball team schedule. At the time, tickets to games sold for $3.00 and...
Photograph

University of Wisconsin Dames Club

Date: 11 29 1950
Description: Five members of the Dames Club posing with sports equipment that depict activities the club will be involved in during the upcoming year. The Dames Club is...
Photograph

Man Golfing

Date: 1925
Description: A man wearing golf attire tees off at a golf course. Two bags of golf clubs lean against wooden benches nearby.
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Playing Golf

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Description: A man putts on a hilltop hole of a golf course while four others look on.
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Baseball Team Posed Group Portrait

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Description: A baseball team poses for a group portrait in front of a banner reading, "B.O.T." A pile of baseball bats, balls, and mitts lies in front of the group.
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Y.M.C.A. Gymnasium

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Description: The Y.M.C.A. Main Gymnasium features athletic equipment including pummel horses, parallel bars, rings, a basketball hoop, and several balls. The room has ...
Photograph

Y.W.C.A. Gymnasium Interior

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Description: View of Y.W.C.A. Gymnasium interior equipped with climbing ropes, pummel horses, springboards, and parallel bars. The room has a balcony with chairs for s...
Photograph

Y.W.C.A. Gymnasium Interior

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Description: View of Y.W.C.A. gymnasium interior. View features athletic equipment including rings, springboards, and parallel bars. View also features a balcony overhe...
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Meadow Springs Golf Club

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Description: Several men stand and sit beside a building at Meadow Springs Golf Club. The building features an elevated porch and an American flag flies from the roof.
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YWCA Spring Classes

Date: 03 11 1954
Description: Group portrait of three women posing in athletic clothing with sports equipment in hand. They are, from left, Ruth Ward holding a tennis raquet, Ruth Edie ...
Photograph

Herold Team of the Milwaukee Turners

Date: 09 21 1886
Description: Twenty-seven young men and George Brosius posing outdoors with sporting equipment. The young men are dressed in short sleeved shirts and pants (possibly an...
Historical Essay

Indian Clubs for Physical Exercise

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Wooden Indian clubs used in the University of Wisconsin's Women's Physical Education Department classes, Madison, WI, c. 1900.(Museum object #1994.108.1-2)
Historical Essay

British Open Golf Glove

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Golf glove worn by Sherri Steinhauer of Madison, Wisconsin to win the 2006 Weetabix Women's British Open, August 3-6, 2006. (Museum object #2007.81.2)
Historical Essay

Wooden Curling Stone

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Wooden curling stone used near Lodi, Wisconsin in the 19th century. (Museum object #1957.205)
Historical Essay

Milwaukee Braves World Series Bat

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Baseball bat issued to Milwaukee Braves second baseman Red Schoendienst for the 1957 World Series. (Museum object #2005.128.1)

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