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| Date: | 07 17 1953 |
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| Description: | Four members of the Madison Parks Department building the ramp on Midvale Avenue for the upcoming Madison Soap Box derby. Left to right: Vie Cramer, Don Ke... |
| Date: | 07 17 1953 |
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| Description: | Seven Madison street department workers preparing the route of the upcoming Madison Soap Box derby. Left to right: Clark Evarts, William Skolaski, Ed Westb... |
| Date: | 07 17 1953 |
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| Description: | WIBA truck and two radio broadcasters on south Midvale Boulevard, the site of the Madison Soap Box Derby. |
| Date: | 07 23 1949 |
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| Description: | Two racers streak down the soap box derby track on E. Gorham Street as a large crowd watches from behind a fence along the sidewalk. |
| Date: | 07 19 1953 |
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| Description: | Soap box racers head down a hill on S. Midvale Boulevard as a large group of spectators are watching from behind a fence. 1953 was the first year Madison's... |
| Date: | 07 19 1953 |
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| Description: | Two soap box racers leave the starting gate on their way down the hill on S. Midvale Boulevard. A few spectators can be seen on both sides of the starting ... |
| Date: | 07 19 1953 |
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| Description: | Two Madison soap box derby contestants are racing toward the finish line on South Midvale Boulevard as a large crowd watches from behind a fence. The 1953 ... |
| Date: | 2010 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Maija Liimatainen of Monroe, Wisconsin with her soap box derby car posed on the racing hill at Derby Downs, Akron, Ohio. Maija won the super st... |
| 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: | 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: | 07 28 1940 |
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| Description: | Paul Johnson (left) and James Borden (right) racing down Gorham Street at Madison's (Wisconsin) 1940 soap box derby. They have just left the starting ramp.... |
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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: | 07 22 1954 |
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| Description: | City parks personnel, left to right: Carl J. Schultz, Herbert Gorman, Daniel Finn and Richard Gilliard put up the starting ramp on South Midvale Boulevard ... |
| Date: | 07 22 1954 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of city streets department personnel Vincent Mongold (left), Gene Westbury, and Tony Cardarello Jr. The men helped set up the race t... |
| Date: | 07 25 1954 |
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| Description: | Three former Madison soap box derby champions give pointers to one of the 1954 entrants, Terry Frambs of Baraboo. Behind the racer, left to right, are 1947... |
| Date: | 07 25 1954 |
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| Description: | View of the starting line scene at the 1954 Madison soap box derby. Racers Ted Scherbert of Portage (left) and Gerald Flentje of Lodi adjust their helmets ... |
| Date: | 07 25 1954 |
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| Description: | Racer Ken Johnson of Mineral Point waits for the starting signal from city recreation director Glenn Pat Holmes at the 1954 Madison soap box derby. |
| Date: | 07 25 1954 |
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| Description: | Phil Peckham of Madison receives the first place trophy from Ralph Hult, president of Hult's Capital garage that co-sponsors the Madison soap box derby. Ph... |
| Date: | 07 25 1954 |
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| Description: | The crowd watches as two racers come down the Midvale Boulevard hill during the 1954 Madison soap box derby. |
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