Young Columbus Contest Traveler | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Young Columbus Contest Traveler

Young Columbus Contest Traveler | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
A man (Henry Derleth) wears an overcoat while posed on the middle of the boarding stairway attached to a partially visible passenger airliner. The original caption states, "Henry Derleth, star end on the University of Wisconsin's 1959 Big 10 football champion teams, boards a plane at Madison Municipal airport en route to New York and London. Derleth is one of six outstanding athletes in the nation selected to serve as counselors and escorts for 72 newspaperboys who won trips to London and Paris in the 1960 'Young Columbus IV' contest sponsored by Parade magazine and their local newspapers."
DESCRIPTION
A man (Henry Derleth) wears an overcoat while posed on the middle of the boarding stairway attached to a partially visible passenger airliner. The original caption states, "Henry Derleth, star end on the University of Wisconsin's 1959 Big 10 football champion teams, boards a plane at Madison Municipal airport en route to New York and London. Derleth is one of six outstanding athletes in the nation selected to serve as counselors and escorts for 72 newspaperboys who won trips to London and Paris in the 1960 'Young Columbus IV' contest sponsored by Parade magazine and their local newspapers."
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:105286
Creation Date: 04 06 1960
Creator Name:Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972
City:Madison
County:Dane
State:Wisconsin
Collection Name:Arthur M. Vinje photographs and negatives, circa 1914-circa 1962
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:negative, original
Original Format Number:PH 6442.7699
Original Dimensions:35 mm
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Published in the Wisconsin State Journal on April 7, 1960. 1 of 5 images.
SUBJECTS
Newspaper carriers
Special days
Football
Airplanes
Travel
Coats
Awards
Journalism
Voyages and travels
College students
University of Wisconsin

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