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| Date: | 08 18 1935 |
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| Description: | Roger Gabbei, age 12, competed in the Madison soap box derby held on Gorham Street. He carried a spare wheel in case of a crackup. Roger won the class B ti... |
| Date: | 08 18 1935 |
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| Description: | Fred Raemisch, 16, of 2234 E. Johnson Street, sitting in his championship soap box derby car, #41. This was the first official soap box derby held in Madis... |
| Date: | 07 18 1937 |
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| Description: | Rear view of three soap box derby racers whizzing down West Wilson Street. |
| Date: | 07 18 1937 |
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| Description: | Roundy Coughlin handing Madison soap box derby champion Ken Johnson, age 15, the M.E. Coyle trophy while the crowd applauds in the background. The rac... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Ticket for the All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio, held on August 9, 1953. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Steiner and their two sons of Argyle, Wisconsin, a... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Pages 16 and 17 from the Official Rule Book for the 1955 Soap Box Derby showing a deconstructed car. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | A drawing of the 5.3 mile race course around Elkhart Lake. Page 12 and 13 of the official program from Elkhart Lake Road Race. The race took place on Sunda... |
| Date: | 05 24 1952 |
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| Description: | Byrns Oil Company is the sponsor for John Schlumberger who will build and race a car in the Soap Box Derby. William Byrns of the Byrns Oil Company took a r... |
| Date: | 05 28 1952 |
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| Description: | Members of the Madison Firefighters union, Local 311, chose twelve-year-old Dick Hanson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adrian (Inez) Hanson, 134 South Butler Street ... |
| Date: | 05 27 1952 |
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| Description: | Three Dane County Traffic Officers with the racer, Tommy Petersen, who their association is sponsoring in the Madison Soap Box Derby race. The officers, le... |
| Date: | 04 27 1952 |
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| Description: | Two boys who are partners for the Madison Soap Box Derby race. On the left is John Paul Byrns, who is too young to race but is a partner with Jimmy Statz, ... |
| Date: | 05 29 1952 |
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| Description: | Three newspaper carriers riding in Studebaker duplicate of the official pace car for the Indianapolis 500 mile race in front of the buses that took one hun... |
| Date: | 06 11 1952 |
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| Description: | Larry A. Jacobson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert R. (Alice) Jacobson, 572 Gately Terrace, is putting wheels onto his car for the Soap Box Derby. |
| Date: | 06 11 1952 |
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| Description: | Bobby Bing, son of Mr. and Mrs. R.H. (Mary) Bing, 4306 Tokay Blvd, works on his car for the Soap Box Derby. Watching him are his two younger sisters, Gay,... |
| Date: | 06 22 1952 |
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| Description: | Racers coming into the first turn of the first five-mile heat at the Dane County Fair Grounds. Shows five racers and background crowd. |
| Date: | 06 22 1952 |
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| Description: | Racer Bobby Grim of Indianapolis who competed in the auto races at the Dane County Fairgrounds in June, 1952. Beside him on the right is a "Heavy Duty Wrec... |
| Date: | 06 28 1952 |
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| Description: | Two men from C.C. Collins and Sons, Inc. look over a color chart for their racers with two boys they are sponsoring in the soap box derby race. Left to rig... |
| Date: | 06 28 1952 |
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| Description: | Al Decker, manager of Cushman Hobbyland at 2628 University Avenue, and Johnny Schaffer measure a sign for the company to see if it will fit on the racer th... |
| Date: | 06 28 1952 |
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| Description: | Soap box derby racer Johnny Rothman (left) talks over "victory plans" with his sponsor Roy A. Gannon, of Gannon Real Estate Company, at the realtor's offic... |
| Date: | 06 28 1952 |
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| Description: | A.J. Farnham, superintendent of the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific Railroad's Madison division, admires Phil Peckham's soap box derby racer which was... |
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