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"Milwaukee" - 12 Total Result(s)
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ABC’S HISTORIC PLACE IN MILWAUKEE
The American Bowling Congress Headquarters was located inside the Home Bank Building at 2200 North Third Street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. While the building holds significance for the ABC, it also hold ...
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BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED FOR BOWLING
Touted as the “finest exposition center in the nation”, the Milwaukee Industrial Exposition Building was constructed in 1881 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The building was designed by the noted architectur ...
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BILL CLINTON BOWLING AND POLITICKING
Bill Clinton showed off his love of bowling in Wisconsin! During an event with WKTI Milwaukee and Donna Shalala, who would serve as the Secretary of Health and Human Services during his administration ...
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BOWLING TAKES OVER BREW CITY
This photograph from the 1952 American Bowling Congress (ABC) Tournament in Milwaukee captures the Pfeiffer Beer men’s bowling team from Detroit in their prime. From left to right, United States Bowli ...
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BUTTONED UP
Esther Ryan bowled with the highly successful Husting Prints team in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Their attention to detail is certainly evident — just take a look at this shirt. Upon close inspection, you w ...
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ETHEL SABLATNIK IN MILWAUKEE
Ethel Sablatnik was a mainstay at Women’s International Bowling Congress tournaments for half a century. From her first meet in 1930 — when she nicked her ankle on her first roll and sent the ball str ...
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INSIDE ABC’S HQ
Times were different back in the 1940s! Entries for ABC tournaments had to be mailed in to the organization’s headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. With thousands of singles and teams entering each ye ...
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MAKING MILWAUKEE HOME
The American Bowling Congress held its first Milwaukee major tournament in 1905. The tournament was so successful that ABC moved its headquarters to the city shortly after. This made Milwaukee “the Bo ...
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MILWAUKEE’S MIGHTY BOWLERS
The champion bowling team from Heil Products of Milwaukee proudly posed with their trophies. Pictured from left to right standing are Ned Day, Fred Lorenz, Ed Koch and Gil Zunker; seated from left are ...
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ON THE LANES WITH SCHLITZ
Schlitz Beer, long associated with camaraderie and American pastimes, proudly sponsored teams that carried its legacy to the lanes. The Schlitz Beer team from Milwaukee featured, clockwise from left, ...
