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| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Two cars and drivers with the Swenson Thrillcade World Champion Auto Daredevils perform before an audience at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
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| Description: | Cars gather on a track near the judge's stand during an automobile race at Cornell University while spectators watch from the sidelines. Cornell University... |
| Date: | 07 1951 |
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| Description: | City champion Roddy Botts posing in his winning soap box derby car, Aeolus, named for the Greek god of the winds. |
| Date: | 07 1951 |
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| Description: | 1950 Madison, Wisconsin soap box derby champion Warren Slightam about to compete in an exhibition race at the 1951 Madison soap box derby on Gorham Street. |
| Date: | 07 1954 |
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| Description: | Fritz Ragatz waiting in line to race his WMTV-sponsored car on Midvale Avenue at the Madison soap box derby. |
| Date: | 08 1946 |
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| Description: | Paul R. Anderson of DeForest, Wisconsin won the 1946 Madison Soap Box Derby and went on to race at the All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio. Here he... |
| Date: | 07 28 1946 |
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| Description: | Paul R. Anderson of DeForest winning the final heat of the 1946 Madison soap box derby in his car the "Green Hornet." The race was held on Gorham street. ... |
| Date: | 08 1946 |
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| Description: | Paul R. Anderson of DeForest, Wisconsin, winner of the 1946 Madison Soap Box Derby, who went on to race at the All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio. ... |
| Date: | 08 11 1940 |
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| Description: | Thirteen year-old James Borden (standing in the middle) of Madison, Wisconsin, the 1940 Madison, Wisconsin soap box derby champion, waiting for his turn to... |
| Date: | 08 1957 |
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| Description: | Van Steiner (15 years-old) of Argyle, Wisconsin, the 1957 Madison, Wisconsin soap box derby champion, crouching next to his Wisconsin State Journal-sponsor... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Thirteen year-old Philip Lenhart of Madison, Wisconsin, sitting in his new and improved soap box derby car. In the 1950 Madison race held on July 23, 1950,... |
| Date: | 08 1957 |
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| Description: | Van Steiner (15 years-old) of Argyle, Wisconsin, the 1957 Madison, Wisconsin soap box derby champion, working on the steering of his Wisconsin State Journa... |
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| Description: | Race car built by Ideal Body Company on a trailer parked in front of the Ideal Body Company shop on Park Street. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Two youths are sitting in what appears to be a homemade racecar on a residential street. There is a 1913 license plate on the front of the car. A house is ... |
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