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| Date: | 06 1916 |
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| Description: | Six girls in a running race at the School Festival in Palos Park. |
| Date: | 03 24 1933 |
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| Description: | Bobbie Thorpe is sitting in "Madison's smallest real car, a National Junior Racer" to be given away to the child with the most "votes." Votes can be obtain... |
| Date: | 04 30 1932 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of 27 marble tournament champions at Breese Stevens Field. |
| Date: | 11 21 1931 |
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| Description: | Katherine Verikios, 10, 1135 E. Mifflin Street, wearing fur-trimmed coat. She won the Madison Label Saving contest and received a new Chevrolet. |
| Date: | 11 21 1931 |
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| Description: | A group of children and adults observe the awarding of bicycles as prizes in the Madison Label Saving contest. |
| Date: | 07 26 1930 |
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| Description: | Ed Sullivan, age 11, 1119 W. Dayton Street, and Gordon Todd, 118 N. Charter Street, sitting in a tree in the 1100 block of W. Dayton Street, pursuing the t... |
| Date: | 07 26 1930 |
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| Description: | Rolland Anders, 15, 3205 Milwaukee Street, and Roy Dennis, 14, 26 Bryan Street, sitting in a tree at the corner of Bryan and Thorp Street hoping to break t... |
| Date: | 09 1957 |
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| Description: | Children at starting line of toy pedal tractor race near the International Harvester exhibit at the World's Conservation Exposition and Plowing Contests, S... |
| Date: | 11 08 1953 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the Catholic War Veterans talent contest contestants in costume. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Two young boys and their prize-winning ducks at the 1955 Wisconsin State Fair. |
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| Description: | Actor Jack Carson and two boys competing in an ice cream eating contest at the State Fair. The boys are identified as John Schroeder of West Bend and Jacki... |
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| Description: | The country meets the city as a "Milwaukee Journal" newsboy admires the calf entered in the animal judging competition by a young boy from the country. |
| Date: | 04 18 1944 |
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| Description: | Group of boys gather around a frog at a frog jumping contest. |
| Date: | 05 01 1945 |
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| Description: | Pupils of the Highlands-Mendota Beach School ran a clothing drive contest among school rooms and collected well over a truckload of clothing. Pictured are ... |
| Date: | 04 18 1944 |
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| Description: | Frog jumping contest showing Jim Brandenburg, 4134 Hiawatha Drive, coaching his frog "Rebel" on to victory. |
| Date: | 07 19 1947 |
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| Description: | Pierre Slightam, age 13, left, and his brother, Warren, age 11, 427 West Wilson Street, are putting the finishing touches on their Soap Box Derby racers. T... |
| 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: | 07 15 1948 |
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| Description: | Jimmy Christiansen is shown posing with the body of his derby car while three friends observe. Left to right: Florence Brown, John Brown, Gary Sachs, and J... |
| Date: | 07 15 1948 |
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| Description: | Soap Box Derby racer Bobby Holmes seated in car outdoors on grass. |
| Date: | 07 15 1948 |
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| Description: | Soap Box Derby racer Virgil Johnson, posing with his car outdoors on a porch. This image was taken before Virgil smoothed and painted his car. |
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