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| Date: | 07 24 1955 |
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| Description: | A contestant in Madison's Soap Box Derby in his racer on the starting ramp with crowd in the background. The Derby was held on East Washington Avenue leadi... |
| Date: | 07 24 1955 |
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| Description: | Soap Box Derby race cars line up while participants and spectators look at the cars. Madison's Derby was held on East Washington Avenue leading from the Wi... |
| Date: | 08 06 1944 |
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| Description: | Thirty-two winners of individual championships at the annual city municipal swimming meet at B.B. Clarke Beach. |
| Date: | 08 06 1944 |
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| Description: | Annual city municipal swimming meet at B.B. Clarke Beach, with swimmers in the water, and observers along the shore, with cars, and houses in the neighborh... |
| Date: | 06 17 1945 |
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| Description: | Onlookers near a pond at the Retriever Dog Field Trials in Vilas Park. James Simpson, Jr., of Chicago, one of the judges, has his hand upraised to signal; ... |
| Date: | 06 17 1945 |
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| Description: | From the newspaper caption: Tony Bonovich's [dog,] "Nigger of Upham" won the Derby retriever trial Sunday [June 17, 1945] in Vilas Park. He is shown here w... |
| Date: | 08 11 1945 |
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| Description: | Frank "Moon" Molinaro, 540 State Street, (amateur) and Herb Spaanum, 240 East Mifflin (pro), golfers tied for the lead in the state pro-amateur golf meet a... |
| Date: | 08 11 1945 |
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| Description: | George Vitense, 118 North Hancock Street (pro) and William Garrott, 35 Lathrop Street (amateur), golfers tied for the lead in the state pro-amateur golf me... |
| Date: | 07 03 1946 |
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| Description: | View from B.B. Clarke beach of swimmers on a raft in Lake Monona ready to start a swimming race with people in the foreground watching from the shore. Race... |
| Date: | 10 20 1946 |
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| Description: | Betty Gene Gardner, Ridgeway, who was chosen Queen of America's Dairyland at the 1946 Wisconsin State Fair, is shown boarding a train for the Dairy Industr... |
| Date: | 04 22 1947 |
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| Description: | Micheal "Mickey" Lathers, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Lathers, Jr. (Gladys), 216 Virgina Terrace. Micheal is pointing to a sign in a window, "Register Here... |
| Date: | 07 04 1922 |
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| Description: | Women participating in egg race game during 4th of July celebration on Madeline Island, Apostle Island. Included are ?,?, Harriet Webb, Peg Caswell and Dor... |
| 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: | 07 24 1947 |
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| Description: | Dane County Judge Fred Evans inspecting Pierre Slightam's racer, the Doodlebug, in his role as chief judge for the Derby. A dog is standing nearby. |
| Date: | 07 27 1947 |
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| Description: | Pictured left to right: Robert Hecklinger, District Manager Chevrolet Motor Company; LeRoy Young, runner up; Lawrence Brilliott, father of city champion Di... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Groups of men in hats, shirts and ties stand around two tractors (one Rumely and one International Harvester) presumably for a demonstration or contest. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | A young man operates a McCormick-Deering Farmall tractor. The photograph was taken for a 1946 4-H Field Corps Contest. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | A young man operating a McCormick-Deering Farmall tractor. The photograph was taken as part of a 1946 4-H Field Corps contest. |
| Date: | 05 28 1948 |
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| Description: | Dane County traffic police with Jimmy Christensen pointing to his plans for a soap box racer. The traffic police are sponsoring Jimmy in the Soap Box Derby... |
| Date: | 05 27 1948 |
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| Description: | Freddy Fleury, 14, of 210 N. Paterson Street, talks over plans for his 1948 Soap Box Derby racer with Master Sgt. Wilfred W. Wall at the U.S. Army & Air Fo... |
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