Apprentice Plumbers baseball team, Milwaukee Area Technical College, 1925-1929.
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Modern Woodmen of America baseball team, Two Rivers, Wisconsin, ca. 1900.
The Modern Woodmen of America is a fraternal benefit society founded in 1883 and still in operation today. Photo by Hubert Wentorf.
via: Two Rivers History: Hubert R. Wentorf Photo Collection and Fisher-Hamilton Industries Product Catalogs, Lester Public Library by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
Source: digital.library.wisc.edu
Studio portrait of St. Norbert College baseball team, De Pere, Wisconsin, 1901.
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Group portrait of baseball team, Ripon College, 1890-1899.
Baseball’s opening day is almost here! Time to get out your knee socks and top hats.
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Record-setting sprinter Ralph Metcalfe attended Marquette University in Milwaukee from 1932-1936.
Metcalfe took the silver medal in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics in a photo finish against Eddie Tolan. He won silver again in Berlin in the 1936 Olympics, finishing just behind track legend Jesse Owens. Metcalfe went on to a career in politics, first as an alderman in Chicago and then in the U. S. Congress, representing the state of Illinois.
via: Ralph Metcalfe, The Olympic Years, 1932-1936, Marquette University Libraries
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Title Town U.S.A. decal, Green Bay, 1961.
1961 was the start of a record-setting winning streak for the Green Bay Packers. Under Coach Vince Lombardi, the Packers won three NFL Championships and two Super Bowls in seven years.
via: Turning Points in Wisconsin History, Wisconsin Historical Society
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St. Norbert College football team, De Pere, Wisconsin, 1907.
The football at the center reads “Prep School Champions N. Wis. ‘07.”
via: Mulva Library, St. Norbert College
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Mayor Frank P. Zeidler bowling in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The last Socialist to run a major American city, Zeidler served three terms in office (1948-1960).
via: Milwaukee Mayors collection, Milwaukee Public Library
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Two men bowling, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, ca. 1950.
Photo by Don Krohn for the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune.
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MacWhyte Girls Bowling League Banquet, Kenosha, Wisconsin, 1943.
Female employees of the MacWhyte Company pose for a photograph. Check out the bowling pin centerpieces!
via: Kenosha’s Lost Industries, Kenosha County Historical Society by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
Source: digital.library.wisc.edu
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