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Recipe Contest Winner Lea Gunderson

Date: 02 16 1949
Description: "Wisconsin State Journal" recipe contest winner Lea Gunderson holds a platter of her pineapple covered upside-down ham loaf.
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Alice Ferguson of Madison Gas and Electric Company

Date: 02 24 1949
Description: Mrs. Alice Ferguson, director of home service for Madison Gas and Electric Company, will be the judge for the "Wisconsin State Journal's" fourth and final ...
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Hilda Ockerlander

Date: 02 25 1949
Description: Mrs. H.J. Ockerlander, 731 Copeland Street, first place winner of weekly contest, "What Happened?," published in the "Wisconsin State Journal." She won thr...
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University of Wisconsin Indoor Track Meet

Date: 02 26 1949
Description: Jim Urquhart crossing the finish line as he sets the annex record for the two-mile indoor run at the University of Wisconsin Athletic Annex, 702 Langdon St...
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Edith Trowbridge and Son Tom

Date: 03 14 1949
Description: Mrs. L.G. (Edith) Trowbridge, winner of the blue ribbon in the Wisconsin State Journal recipe contest, is slicing a loaf of her winning entry, cinna...
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Municipal Basketball Tournament

Date: 03 17 1949
Description: Group portrait of Frankie's Tavern Cagers, winners of the Madison Municipal Basketball tournament. Front row, left to right: Bob Burns, manager Frankie Lo...
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Municipal Basket Tournament

Date: 03 17 1949
Description: Group portrait of the Cuba Club basketball team, runners-up in the Madison Municipal tournament. Left to right: Wally Heilman, "Smiley" Johnson, John Brad...
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Municipal Basketball Tournament

Date: 03 17 1949
Description: Group portrait of the Crawford Custards basketball team, winners of the Municipal Major League Championship. Back row,left to right: Bob Smith, Vito Paris...
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Prizewinning Pie

Date: 08 17 1957
Description: Fourteen-year-old Dorothy Magarich proudly displays her pie that won a blue ribbon at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Blessed Sacrament School

Date: 03 22 1949
Description: The Blessed Sacrament Parent Teacher Association sponsored a crafts and hobby show. There were 148 pupils participating with a variety of entries. The winn...
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Madison Community Chest Budget Committee

Date: 04 05 1949
Description: A.F. Ketterer, principal of Franklin elementary school is at his desk looking over Wisconsin State Journal Badger Spelling Bee material with two of h...
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Southern Wisconsin Shuffleboard Tournament

Date: 04 18 1949
Description: After four weeks of qualifying play, the champion of the Southern Wisconsin shuffleboard tournament was to be declared the following Sunday afternoon and n...
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Carol Jane Berry

Date: 04 20 1949
Description: Badger Spelling Bee west Dane County champion, Carol Jane Berry.
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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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Ward Love with Farmall 12 Tractor

Date: 1937
Description: Ward Love, winner of a Farmall-12, stands next to his prize in a tent at the Indianapolis State Fair. The sign on the tractor reads: "This Farmall 12 was ...

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