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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 04 20 1949
Description: Wrenn O'Connell and his wife Margaret practice for the Badger State Spelling Bee with their daughter, Margaret, while sitting on a living room couch. Marga...
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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 04 20 1949
Description: The Badger Spelling Bee at Kegonsa School, Route 1, Stoughton. Shown, left to right, are Mrs. Alvilda Orvold, teacher; and students Robert Iverson, Ann Ive...
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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 04 30 1949
Description: Officials at the Badger Spelling Bee. Right to left: Mary Frances Boyd, master pronouncer, and three judges: Professor Lois Nemec, University of Wisconsin;...
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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 04 30 1949
Description: Roy Matson, Wisconsin State Journal editor, standing to the right and presenting a championship trophy to Charlotte Kreul of Fennimore, Wisconsin. W...
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Badger Spelling Bee (?)

Date: 04 09 1949
Description: A woman, possibly a Badger Spelling Bee judge, sits at a desk with an open book, paper, and pencil. A group of children sit behind her.
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Madison Soap Box Derby, Car Construction

Date: 06 15 1948
Description: Curlee Seals, Jr. discussing plans for his 1949 Soap Box Derby racer with three members of the Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce, Curlee's sponsor for the...
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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, Car Construction

Date: 06 28 1949
Description: Selecting material for building his Soap Box Derby racer is Larry Johnson, 14, of Stoughton. Larry is being sponsored by the Thomas Oscar and Son Ford gara...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 06 23 1949
Description: Soap Box Derby participant, Warren Slightam, age 13, with Marshall "Marsh" Parkinson, yard manager of the J.J. Fitzpatrick Lumber Company, which is sponsor...
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Madison Soap Box Derby, Car Construction

Date: 06 14 1949
Description: Two men from Hult's Chevrolet consult with two youth on plans for a Soap Box Derby racer.
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East-Central Golf Tournament

Date: 06 27 1949
Description: East-Central golf tournament flight winners, first row: Carl Handke, Edgerton, Norman Stensaas, Stoughton; Robert Tensfeldt, Jefferson; Harley Graf, Lake M...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 06 29 1949
Description: Madison Soap Box Derby participant Pierre Slightam, age 14, with Robert J. Connor, Jr., assistant manager of C.C. Collins and Son, Inc., 2308 University Av...
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Wisconsin Women's Golf Association Tournament

Date: 06 05 1949
Description: Members of the planning committee for the Wisconsin Women's Golf Association state tournament to be held at the Maple Bluff Country Club. From left are Mrs...
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Wisconsin Women's Golf Association Tournament

Date: 06 05 1949
Description: Four Maple Bluff Country Club women golfers who will participate in the Wisconsin Women's Golf Association state tournament to be held at the country club....
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Madison Soap Box Derby Sponsor

Date: 07 05 1949
Description: Don Jean Goodwin (left), who is a racer in the Soap Box Derby, with his sponsor, Sol Epstein from Madison Delivery Service.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Announcer

Date: 07 07 1949
Description: A man, probably Ross Gordon or Pat Hernon, stands at a WKOW microphone while acting as the announcer for the Soap Box Derby.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Announcer

Date: 07 09 1949
Description: A Soap Box Derby announcer (either Lon Landman or Dwaine Tucker) sitting at a WIBA microphone.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Volunteers

Date: 07 05 1949
Description: Looking over plans for a Soap Box Derby are volunteers Rolf Anderson, left, son of Mr. and Mrs. A.L.F. Anderson, DeForest, and Bobby Holm, son of Mr. and M...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Princess

Date: 07 08 1949
Description: Mrs. Dana J. Dillon, advertising manager for Baron Brothers department store, 14-18 West Mifflin Street, holds a dress from the Baron's children's departme...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 06 09 1949
Description: Frankie Meyer, the 1948 Soap Box Derby champion, stands next to his Wisconsin State Journal-sponsored racer. He is wearing the shirt and helmet given to h...

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