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| Date: | 06 1877 |
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| Description: | A huge crowd, mostly men, has gathered on the bank of Devil's Lake to witness the firing of a cannon. The occasion is the Grand Regatta held June 21-22, 18... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | "The Grand Regatta, at Devil's Lake, Sauk County, June 21st & 22nd, 1877", with spectators watching rowing shells race. |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | "The Grand Regatta, at Devil's Lake, June 21st & 22nd, 1877." A stereograph showing spectators gathered behind the starter's cannon on Devil's Lake. |
| Date: | 06 06 1944 |
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| Description: | Onlookers on slope of B.B. Clarke Beach looking out to the lake to watch a swim meet. |
| Date: | 01 06 1952 |
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| Description: | Bob Leeman of Minneapolis heads off the ski slide at Tomahawk Ridge near Middleton into the "wild blue yonder" as skiers and fans watch below. No. 59 is id... |
| Date: | 01 06 1952 |
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| Description: | A number of competitors in the annual meet of the Blackhawk Ski Club head up the steep hill for another jump off the ski slide at Tomahawk Ridge near Middl... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a very large number of judges standing crowded at the very small end of a pier in Devil's Lake. The occasion is the Grand Regatta held June ... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | "The Grand Regatta, at Devil's Lake, June 21st & 22nd, 1877." A stereograph showing spectators gathered behind the starter's cannon on Devil's Lake. |
| Date: | 07 23 1949 |
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| Description: | View from behind of a soap box racer in the starting gate at the top of the E. Gorham Street hill between N. Butler and N. Pinckney Streets. A man with a f... |
| Date: | 07 19 1953 |
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| Description: | Soap box racers head down a hill on S. Midvale Boulevard as a large group of spectators are watching from behind a fence. 1953 was the first year Madison's... |
| Date: | 07 19 1953 |
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| Description: | Two soap box racers leave the starting gate on their way down the hill on S. Midvale Boulevard. A few spectators can be seen on both sides of the starting ... |
| Date: | 07 19 1953 |
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| Description: | View down the hill at the Madison Soap Box Derby on South Midvale Boulevard during a soap box derby race. One car is visible on the track and a large crowd... |
| Date: | 07 19 1953 |
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| Description: | Two Madison soap box derby contestants are racing toward the finish line on South Midvale Boulevard as a large crowd watches from behind a fence. The 1953 ... |
| Date: | 2010 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Maija Liimatainen of Monroe, Wisconsin with her soap box derby car posed on the racing hill at Derby Downs, Akron, Ohio. Maija won the super st... |
| Date: | 07 28 1940 |
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| Description: | Paul Johnson (left) and James Borden (right) racing down Gorham Street at Madison's (Wisconsin) 1940 soap box derby. They have just left the starting ramp.... |
| Date: | 07 18 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Marilyn Hall of Milwaukee, before competing in a match with Carol Sorenson for the junior golf championship of the Wisconsin Women's Golf Assoc... |
| Date: | 02 05 1956 |
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| Description: | George Pera, Iron Mountain Michigan, soars on a ski jump of 180 feet at a Blackhawk Club ski jumping tournament at Tomahawk Ridge, located west of Middleto... |
| Date: | 02 05 1956 |
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| Description: | Dick Jacobson of Madison is about to land a ski jump at a Blackhawk Club ski jumping tournament at Tomahawk Ridge, located west of Middleton. |
| Date: | 02 06 1956 |
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| Description: | Jumpers Jack Statz, left, and Bill Duckwitz pose with their skis after setting a new Tomahawk Ridge record at a Blackhawk Club ski jumping tournament at To... |
| Date: | 06 22 1956 |
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| Description: | Judges Jim Green and Bob Reger view the race from the East Washington Avenue finish line. Ozzie Johnson and Dick Meyer were other judges. Most cars finishe... |
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