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| Date: | 02 07 1948 |
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| Description: | Officials at the Wisconsin State Bowling Association meet are: left to right, Charles Allen, president of the city association; Leonard G. Howell, Madison ... |
| Date: | 04 05 1948 |
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| Description: | George Gilberstson, champion of the Old-Time Fiddlers' contest at the Madison Community Center, receiving his $35 prize from the Master of Ceremonies, Ralp... |
| Date: | 04 05 1948 |
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| Description: | Posed with their fiddles are Theodore Rygh, Jr., of Woodford, left - third place finisher, and Herman "Tex" Falkenstein, of Madison, right - second place f... |
| Date: | 04 05 1948 |
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| Description: | Martin Christiansen of Edgerton, the oldest fiddler at the Old-Time Fiddlers contest at the Madison Community Center. He is 77 and has been playing almost ... |
| Date: | 04 22 1948 |
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| Description: | Frank Meyers measuring the floorboard of his 1948 Soap Box Derby racer to see that it compares exactly with the full-scale plans he drew before starting to... |
| Date: | 05 03 1948 |
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| Description: | Pictured left to right are Robert Bruni, Edgerton; Edwin "Pat" Bruni, Edgerton, and Emil "Pete" Behrens, Cambridge, winners in the Wisconsin Men's State Bo... |
| Date: | 05 06 1948 |
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| Description: | Roddy Botts, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Chellis Botts, shown adding a small piece of wood to the body of his 1948 racer. He had the most original design in the... |
| Date: | 04 13 1948 |
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| Description: | The Soap Box derby racer of Pierre Slightam is being guarded by the sister of the builder, Lucretia, daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. Francis Slightam. The pictur... |
| Date: | 05 20 1948 |
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| Description: | Dorothy Davis, head of the Wisconsin State Journal bookkeeping department, is shown looking over the X-acto tool kit that will go to the boy who has the be... |
| Date: | 05 28 1948 |
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| Description: | Dane County traffic police with Jimmy Christensen pointing to his plans for a soap box racer. The traffic police are sponsoring Jimmy in the Soap Box Derby... |
| Date: | 05 27 1948 |
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| Description: | Freddy Fleury, 14, of 210 N. Paterson Street, talks over plans for his 1948 Soap Box Derby racer with Master Sgt. Wilfred W. Wall at the U.S. Army & Air Fo... |
| Date: | 06 13 1948 |
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| Description: | Three men playing in the Madison City Amateur golf tournament. |
| Date: | 06 16 1948 |
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| Description: | Several members of Local 311, Madison Firemen's union, are posed around Dick Lerwick, whom the union is sponsoring in the 1948 Soap Box Derby. Kneeling Ed... |
| Date: | 06 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Joe Puccio, 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lucian C. Puccio, working with a drill press in the shop of Henry Peiss to construct his soap box racer. The Ne... |
| Date: | 07 10 1948 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of eight veteran Soap Box Derby racers who will be making their second or third attempts to win the city championship. They are shown liste... |
| Date: | 07 10 1948 |
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| Description: | Yardman Don Hoffman helps Bill Morton pick out plywood for his soap box racer at C.C. Colling Lumber Yard on University Avenue. |
| Date: | 06 12 1948 |
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| Description: | Champion Gilbert "Gib" Bergdoll (right) of the Koshkonong Mounds Club of Fort Atkinson and runnerup, Norbert "Coley" Griffin of Meadow Springs Club of Jeff... |
| Date: | 07 15 1948 |
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| Description: | Jimmy Christiansen is shown posing with the body of his derby car while three friends observe. Left to right: Florence Brown, John Brown, Gary Sachs, and J... |
| Date: | 07 15 1948 |
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| Description: | Soap Box Derby racer Bobby Holmes seated in car outdoors on grass. |
| Date: | 07 15 1948 |
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| Description: | Soap Box Derby racer Virgil Johnson, posing with his car outdoors on a porch. This image was taken before Virgil smoothed and painted his car. |
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