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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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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 24 1955
Description: Madison Soap Box Derby champion, David Laverty of Mineral Point, posing with the plaque and his brother Larry who is a past champion. In the background is ...
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University of Wisconsin Boxer

Date: 01 16 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin boxing team member Nick Collias.
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University of Wisconsin Boxer

Date: 01 16 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin boxing team member Robert Ranck.
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University of Wisconsin Boxer

Date: 01 16 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin boxing team member Fred Krueger.
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University of Wisconsin Boxer

Date: 01 16 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin boxing team member Al Blinder.
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University of Wisconsin Textile Testing

Date: 04 01 1948
Description: Margaret Cooper, Associate Professor of Home Economics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and director of the textile laboratory, testing the bursting...
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Windsor Fire

Date: 06 11 1948
Description: Donald Hanson, who discovered the fire at the lumber and appliance building of the Central Wisconsin Supply Company and turned in the alarm. The fire total...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 25 1948
Description: The Grand Champion Winner Frankie Meyers, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Meyers, 310 West Dayton Street, is shown sitting in his White Racer.
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John Hoffman on Old Fire Truck

Date: 08 10 1948
Description: Close-up of Fireman John Hoffman at the wheel of a 1929 pumper truck which is going to be "retired".
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Fire at 15 S. Bedford Street

Date: 11 28 1948
Description: Fireman Orrin Zebarth is shown at the foot of the narrow, steep front stairs which occupants were forced to use when flames cut off escape routes at the re...
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Wisconsin Boxing Coach and Three Brother Boxers

Date: 01 10 1949
Description: University of Wisconsin boxing coach, John J. Walsh, with three of his team boxers, brothers Dwight, Dwaine and Don Dickinson (left to right), of Tomah. Do...
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West High School National Archery Champion

Date: 01 20 1949
Description: Bill Wolber, West High School national champion, who recently competed to defend his title. He won't know for several weeks, although he broke several reco...
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Wisconsin vs. Minnesota Football Game

Date: 11 22 1958
Description: A Minnesota player leaps to catch a pass as Badger defenders approach from upfield in a game at Camp Randall Stadium. A large crowd is in the stands in the...
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Madison Softball Photographs

Date: 05 02 1949
Description: Dick Joachim, catcher for Hardy's Assembly Tavern team playing in a Monona League game with umpire Sam Caruso.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 24 1949
Description: Soap Box Derby winners from a record entry of seventy-six boys. Left to right: Runner-up Dickie Lindauer; Pierre Slightam, winner, with Ralph Hult, preside...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Winners

Date: 07 24 1949
Description: Madison Soap Box Derby Sportsmanship Award winners with County Traffic Officer, Charles O'Brien, presenting awards to Dickie Wold of LaFarge and Frank Bryl...
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Motorcyclist Ray Tursky

Date: 08 05 1949
Description: Outdoor portrait of Ray Tursky, one of the outstanding motorcycle riders in the country, wearing a helmet with goggles and a Harley-Davidson shirt. He part...
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University of Wisconsin Varsity Football Squad Captain "Red" Wilson

Date: 09 04 1949
Description: Portrait of Robert "Red" Wilson, captain of the University of Wisconsin football varsity squad. Wilson, whose number is 53, is in his third year as a regul...
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Ann Emery Hall Fire

Date: 10 25 1949
Description: Firemen are carrying a hose up an extension ladder during a fire at Ann Emery Hall, 263-71 Langdon Street.

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