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| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | A crowd surrounds a man as he stands atop a tree trunk swinging his axe in a woodchopping contest. |
| Date: | 01 1943 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of 24 winners of Ray-O-Vac bond selling contest. |
| Date: | 06 18 1947 |
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| Description: | Ed Gesteland, who is fourteen years old, is shown working on his Soap Box derby racer in the basement of his home at 4221 Wanetah Trail. Behind him, with h... |
| Date: | 04 22 1948 |
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| Description: | Frank Meyers measuring the floorboard of his 1948 Soap Box Derby racer to see that it compares exactly with the full-scale plans he drew before starting to... |
| Date: | 05 06 1948 |
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| Description: | Roddy Botts, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Chellis Botts, shown adding a small piece of wood to the body of his 1948 racer. He had the most original design in the... |
| Date: | 06 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Joe Puccio, 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lucian C. Puccio, working with a drill press in the shop of Henry Peiss to construct his soap box racer. The Ne... |
| Date: | 07 10 1948 |
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| Description: | Yardman Don Hoffman helps Bill Morton pick out plywood for his soap box racer at C.C. Colling Lumber Yard on University Avenue. |
| Date: | 06 23 1949 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Pages 16 and 17 from the Official Rule Book for the 1955 Soap Box Derby showing a deconstructed car. |
| Date: | 10 09 1957 |
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| Description: | The 19th annual Wisconsin Printmakers Exhibition was held for the first time at the Memorial Union. Magnus Harding, president of the Madison Art Associatio... |
| Date: | 11 03 1957 |
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| Description: | Ray Schmid (right) hands a frozen turkey to Ray Wolf, a winner of the Verona Optimist Club turkey shoot. Proceeds from the event go to the club's youth pro... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Two men, competitors in a state card-playing (skat) tournament. |
| Date: | 06 17 1967 |
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| Description: | Allen De Karske shows off his full beard and waxed, handlebar moustache. De Karske is also wearing a hat and is smoking a cigarette. |
| Date: | 03 09 1961 |
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| Description: | Side profile of Jack Hauber who won one of the "Smith Bros." awards for his beard's similarity to those of the famed cough drop brothers. |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | A shirtless man is standing on top of a log ready to chop a log with an axe. A crowd of people are watching from stands behind him. |
| Date: | 09 25 1937 |
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| Description: | After a long day of fishing, the governors of three states are posing with ten muskies hanging from a birch log wired to two trees. Known as the "Battle of... |
| Date: | 03 27 1954 |
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| Description: | Sue Fehland from Wausau and Mary Heiser from Freeport, Illinois, are watching Ken Hauser from Ridgewood N.J., who is taking a turn at jacks while kneeling ... |
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