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Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
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Pat Gibson Wins National Outdoor Speed Skating Championship
December 27, 1953
Pat Gibson, a University of Wisconsin student, wins the National Senior Women's Speed Skating Title for the second successive year.
Olympic Skater Bill Carow with Son
January 4, 1955
Fireman Bill Carow, member of the 1955 United States Olympic Ice Speed Skating Team, lacing his son's, Michael Carow, skates.
Bill Carow Olympic Skater
February 5, 1955
Fireman Bill Carow, member of the 1956 United States Olympic Ice Speed Skating Team.
Divisional Skating Champions Crowned in the Madison Skating Club Meet
December 27, 1953
Outdoor group portrait of the Divisional Skating Champions crowned in the Madison Skating Club Meet at Vilas Park.
Skaters in the Great Lakes Championships at Eckel Park in West Allis
Silhouetted in the dusk, skaters raced for the two mile title in the Great lakes championships at Eckel Park, West Allis. Verner Kappes, of West Allis, led the pack, trailed by Bob Hilber, Wausau: ...
Speed Skater Patricia Gibson
January 16, 1951
State champion speed skater Patricia "Pat" Gibson of Madison poses on the ice of Monona Bay while wearing a skating outfit.
