Date: | 07 24 1947 |
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Description: | Dane County Judge Fred Evans inspecting Pierre Slightam's racer, the Doodlebug, in his role as chief judge for the Derby. A dog is standing nearby. |
Date: | 07 26 1947 |
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Description: | Weigh-in for Soap Box Derby entrants. Pierre Slightam, in striped shirt, has his car the Doodlebug weighed. The floor of the car was made from an old iro... |
Date: | 07 27 1947 |
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Description: | Pictured left to right: Robert Hecklinger, District Manager Chevrolet Motor Company; LeRoy Young, runner up; Lawrence Brilliott, father of city champion Di... |
Date: | 11 14 1947 |
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Description: | Two women and a man standing next to a microphone at the WIBA radio studio. (Contest winner?) |
Date: | 12 05 1947 |
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Description: | Madison Fireman's Ball poster contest winners with their posters. Shown from the left are: Sue Lentz, West High School; Jim Meier, East High School; Tom A... |
Date: | 12 12 1947 |
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Description: | Mrs. Emil (Irene) Reiterman, 723 South Shore Drive, pictured with two prizewinning teams of roller canaries which she and her husband, Emil Reiterman, have... |
Date: | 02 07 1948 |
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Description: | Officials at the Wisconsin State Bowling Association meet are: left to right, Charles Allen, president of the city association; Leonard G. Howell, Madison ... |
Date: | 04 05 1948 |
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Description: | George Gilberstson, champion of the Old-Time Fiddlers' contest at the Madison Community Center, receiving his $35 prize from the Master of Ceremonies, Ralp... |
Date: | 04 05 1948 |
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Description: | Posed with their fiddles are Theodore Rygh, Jr., of Woodford, left - third place finisher, and Herman "Tex" Falkenstein, of Madison, right - second place f... |
Date: | 04 05 1948 |
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Description: | Martin Christiansen of Edgerton, the oldest fiddler at the Old-Time Fiddlers contest at the Madison Community Center. He is 77 and has been playing almost ... |
Date: | 04 22 1948 |
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Description: | Frank Meyers measuring the floorboard of his 1948 Soap Box Derby racer to see that it compares exactly with the full-scale plans he drew before starting to... |
Date: | 05 03 1948 |
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Description: | Pictured left to right are Robert Bruni, Edgerton; Edwin "Pat" Bruni, Edgerton, and Emil "Pete" Behrens, Cambridge, winners in the Wisconsin Men's State Bo... |
Date: | 05 06 1948 |
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Description: | Roddy Botts, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Chellis Botts, shown adding a small piece of wood to the body of his 1948 racer. He had the most original design in the... |
Date: | 04 13 1948 |
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Description: | The Soap Box derby racer of Pierre Slightam is being guarded by the sister of the builder, Lucretia, daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. Francis Slightam. The pictur... |
Date: | 05 20 1948 |
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Description: | Dorothy Davis, head of the Wisconsin State Journal bookkeeping department, is shown looking over the X-acto tool kit that will go to the boy who has the be... |
Date: | 05 28 1948 |
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Description: | Dane County traffic police with Jimmy Christensen pointing to his plans for a soap box racer. The traffic police are sponsoring Jimmy in the Soap Box Derby... |
Date: | 05 27 1948 |
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Description: | Freddy Fleury, 14, of 210 N. Paterson Street, talks over plans for his 1948 Soap Box Derby racer with Master Sgt. Wilfred W. Wall at the U.S. Army & Air Fo... |
Date: | 06 13 1948 |
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Description: | Three men playing in the Madison City Amateur golf tournament. |
Date: | 06 16 1948 |
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Description: | Several members of Local 311, Madison Firemen's union, are posed around Dick Lerwick, whom the union is sponsoring in the 1948 Soap Box Derby. Kneeling Ed... |
Date: | 07 10 1948 |
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Description: | Group portrait of eight veteran Soap Box Derby racers who will be making their second or third attempts to win the city championship. They are shown liste... |
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