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Racing Car at Plymouth Liquors

Date: 06 11 1945
Description: A driver sits in a small promotional race car with a "Calvert Special" logo on its side at Plymouth Liquors, 2717 Atwood Avenue.
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Harold Knudsen on a Mini Car

Date: 06 22 1933
Description: Harold Knudsen sitting on the National Junior Racer outside the Capitol Theatre, the prize for a contest conducted by the Fiore Coal and Oil Co., Phillips ...
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Giles Hanson in Racing Car

Date: 08 29 1932
Description: Giles Hanson seated in his racing car in front of a gas station with Purol Pep gas pumps.
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Alice in Dairyland, Mary Ellen McCabe

Date: 1954
Description: Mary Ellen McCabe, the Alice in Dairyland from Ladysmith, views a billboard announcing the stock car races scheduled for the Wisconsin State Fair during Au...
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Elkhart Lake Racetrack

Date: 1987
Description: Race course and grandstand at Road America in Elkhart Lake, where racing began in 1955. Prior to that, Elkhart Lake was host to automobile racing on the vi...
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Grand Prix

Date: 10 05 1912
Description: Teddy Tetzlaff drives the Fiat #33 across the finish line. The stands on the right are covered in advertisements. The track later became Burleigh Street go...
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Group of Men on Racetrack

Date: 1912
Description: The man in the goggles on the right is Teddy Tetzlaff; possibly at the Vanderbilt Cup Race. The other men are unidentified. In the background is the grands...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 06 23 1949
Description: Cornelius "Connie" Ryan, Madison Soap Box Derby participant, receiving money from Jim Schmitz, a representative of Connie's sponsor, The Hub, 22 West Miffl...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 28 1957
Description: The car and driver that won the Madison Soap Box Derby in 1957 at the starting line. The car is called "Phillipson Garage" and the driver is Van Steiner of...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Winner

Date: 07 23 1952
Description: Larry Jacobson, 11-year-old Soap Box Derby racer, receives a $25 savings account from Herman J. Kneubuehl, manager of First National Bank. The bank annuall...
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Madison Moose Lodge Donating to Muscular Dystrophy Association

Date: 04 09 1959
Description: Four members of the Madison Moose Lodge present a check to George Fess, right, president of the Madison Muscular Dystrophy Association. The money was raise...
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A Close Look

Date: 06 29 1989
Description: Two boys and a man are looking into the cockpit of a race car. Caption reads: "A CLOSE LOOK — David Berner (left), 11, of West Allis, and Jay Gmeindl, 9, o...
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Race at Road America

Date: 07 1983
Description: View from the stands of an automobile race at Road America near Elkhart Lake. Large striped tents are in the background on the right.
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Wisconsin State Fair Brochure

Date: 1955
Description: Brochure advertising the 1955 Wisconsin State Fair featuring images of several fair attractions.

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