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Ray-O-Vac Bond Selling Winners

Date: 01 1943
Description: Group portrait of 24 winners of Ray-O-Vac bond selling contest.
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Court of Honor for President's Ball

Date: 01 16 1937
Description: Group portrait of eleven of the fifteen girls elected to the President's Birthday Ball, Queen's Court of Honor.
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Roundy with University of Wisconsin Court of Honor Girls

Date: 01 16 1937
Description: Group portrait of University of Wisconsin Court of Honor girls for the President's Birthday Ball, with Roundy Coughlin and another man.
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Court of Honor Members

Date: 01 16 1937
Description: Group portrait of six non-University Court of Honor members for President's birthday ball with Roundy Coughlin and another man.
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Radio Contest Winner

Date: 10 05 1936
Description: Woman, winner of radio contest, standing next to a Grunow floor model radio. Banner reads: "Grunow Teledial, the self-tuning radio" at the University Radio...
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Paula Parker

Date: 07 23 1934
Description: Outdoor portrait of Paula Parker, playing for Westmoor of West Allis in the Wisconsin Women's Junior Golf Championship.
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Nakoma Country Club Hostesses

Date: 06 06 1934
Description: Group portrait, taken outdoors at Nakoma Country Club, of hostesses for the Wisconsin Women's Golf Association tournament.
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Two Women Bowlers

Date: 02 04 1934
Description: Ella Burmeister and Avis Kidd, holding bowling balls at the Madison Alleys, 112 N Fairchild Street, winners of the women's Wisconsin state doubles bowling ...
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DAV Queen Contestant

Date: 08 08 1931
Description: Queen contestant, Disabled American Veterans Ball, standing by bookshelves in front of flag.
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DAV Queen Contestant

Date: 07 31 1931
Description: Bernice Hotmar, contestant for the Disabled American Veterans Aviation Ball queen, posing standing with an American flag.
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DAV Queen Constestant, Evelyn Noll

Date: 07 28 1931
Description: Evelyn Noll, contestant for Aviation Ball queen, pointing to Morris O. Togstad Chapter No. 2 Disabled American Veterans of the World War flag.
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East High School Reading Contest Winners

Date: 04 10 1929
Description: East High School reading contest, with six girl winners standing on a stage.
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Central High School Reading Contest Winners

Date: 03 21 1929
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Central High School reading contest winners.
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Chris Ethun and Eunice Smith

Date: 01 30 1928
Description: Outdoor portrait of Chris Ethun and Eunice Smith as Security State Bank team captains for an employee contest to bring in $100,000 in new deposits. They ar...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 24 1955
Description: Soap Box Derby race cars line up while participants and spectators look at the cars. Madison's Derby was held on East Washington Avenue leading from the Wi...
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American Legion Baby Contest Contestants

Date: 09 19 1952
Description: Four mothers sitting with their babies waiting to be "weighted in" at the American Legion Hall as contestants in the Legion baby show and child talent cont...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Prizes

Date: 05 20 1948
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...
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Madison Soap Box Derby, Car Construction

Date: 07 15 1948
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...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 25 1948
Description: Madison friends and family of racer Joe Puccio are pit workers at the Soap Box Derby competition. Left to right: Buddy Haak, a friend of the family; Lucien...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 27 1948
Description: Madison Soap Box Derby winner, Frankie Meyers, at right, pictured with his parents, David, left, and Grace Meyers, center. The family resides at 310 West D...

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