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| 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: | View down the hill at the Madison Soap Box Derby on South Midvale Boulevard during a soap box derby race. One car is visible on the track and a large crowd... |
| 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: | 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 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: | 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.... |
| 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: | 07 24 1954 |
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| Description: | David Laverty, age 11, inspects a Soap Box Derby car with his friend, Bobby Swenson, 12. The boys are from Mineral Point, Wisconsin. |
| 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: | The crowd watches as two racers come down the Midvale Boulevard hill during the 1954 Madison soap box derby. |
| Date: | 07 25 1954 |
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| Description: | A lineup of racers await their turn to race at the 1954 Madison soap box derby. Larry Meicher of Madison stands by his racer, "The Iceberg." The are at the... |
| Date: | 07 25 1954 |
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| Description: | Artie Luetke and Dick Michels sitting on top of a sand barrel to watch the 1954 Madison soap box derby races. |
| Date: | 07 25 1954 |
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| Description: | Four local kids watch the races at the 1954 Madison soap box derby. From left are Mary Ann, Richard, and Dolores Crotsenberg, and John Dyreson. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | John Dent (played by Theodore Roberts) greets Louise Fowler (Mary MacLaren) and his son Jimmy Dent (Wallace Reid) after they have won a transcontinental au... |
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