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| Description: | Silhouetted in the dusk, skaters raced for the two mile title in the Great lakes championships at Eckel Park, West Allis. Verner Kappes, of West Allis, led... |
| Date: | 02 06 1949 |
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| Description: | On the ice are eight Madison skaters who starred in the annual city skating meet held at Vilas Park lagoon. Kneeling in the first row are Patsy Gibson, Den... |
| Date: | 01 29 1950 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the title winners in the all-city skating championships at Vilas Park. Shown on the ice are, from left to right: (front row) John Glidde... |
| Date: | 01 28 1951 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the boys' and girls' 1951 Madison speed skating champions in the midget, cub, junior, intermediate, and senior divisions. |
| Date: | 01 18 1952 |
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| Description: | The Madison crew sits on their iceboat, the "Mary B," that raced in the Northwestern Ice Yachting Association ice regatta on Lake Monona. From left to righ... |
| Date: | 01 19 1952 |
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| Description: | Iceboats idle on Lake Monona while activities were postponed due to unseasonable weather during the Northwestern Ice Yachting Association ice regatta on La... |
| Date: | 02 17 1952 |
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| Description: | Six new records were established in the Madison speed skating finals. Pictured left to right are skaters who led their divisions in the annual city champio... |
| Date: | 02 18 1952 |
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| Description: | Shelia O'Neil (left), a finalist in the University of Wisconsin Prom Queen contest, holds up a fish (yellow perch) as part of her "Fishing for Votes" campa... |
| Date: | 01 31 1953 |
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| Description: | The "May-Bid" iceboat of Oshkosh is shown just after it capsized during the Hearst Trophy challenge series on Lake Monona. Boats from the Madison Four Lake... |
| Date: | 02 22 1953 |
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| Description: | Renegade III Class E iceboat with skipper and iceboat designer Elmer Millenbach in the cockpit. Other iceboats and the north shore of Lake Monona, includi... |
| Date: | 01 31 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Roger Steeper in speed skating stance. Roger was a double winner in the 3rd & 4th grade class at the City Speed Skating Races at Vilas Park. He... |
| Date: | 03 24 1956 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of members of the Joe Baer rink after accomplishing a rare feat in Madison Curling Club's bonspiel match. The men include, from left: Elmer ... |
| Date: | 12 28 1956 |
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| Description: | Mae Sommers Rink of Portage at Bonspiel in Madison. Left to right: Mae Rogers, Jean Westcott, Mae Sommers, and Peggy Winkler, all of Portage. |
| Date: | 12 28 1956 |
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| Description: | Kay Bogue rink of Portage, at the Madison bonspiel. Pictured are Kay Bogue, Helen Bennett, Joan Trickey, and Kathy Haas. |
| Date: | 01 26 1958 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the 1958 city speed skating champions who won their races in the finals at Vilas Park. |
| Date: | 01 31 1960 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Madison's 1960 speed skating champions. Left to right, first row: David Singer, Freddy Davie, Jamie Thomas, Martha Lu Ferris, Jane Bush, ... |
| Date: | 12 31 1960 |
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| Description: | Bloop Polglase and John L. Bluel make last-minute checks on their iceboat prior to the Four Lakes Club races on Lake Monona. |
| Date: | 01 22 1961 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of 23 young ice skaters who all won championships in the 1961 city speed skating meet at Vilas Park. |
| Date: | 02 19 1961 |
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| Description: | A man is standing in front of iceboats on Lake Monona. |
| Date: | 01 29 1956 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of winners in the girls division of the Madison speed skating finals at Vilas Park. Front row, left to right: Kristine Thomas, Alice Jean D... |
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