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| Date: | 07 25 1948 |
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| Description: | Madison friends and family of racer Joe Puccio are pit workers at the Soap Box Derby competition. Left to right: Buddy Haak, a friend of the family; Lucien... |
| Date: | 07 24 1948 |
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| Description: | At right is Don Harless, Dane County traffic officer, presenting carry-all bags to winners of the sportsmanship award to Albert Martin, son of Mrs. Annabel... |
| Date: | 07 25 1948 |
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| Description: | The Grand Champion Winner Frankie Meyers, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Meyers, 310 West Dayton Street, is shown sitting in his White Racer. |
| Date: | 07 25 1948 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of sponsors of the Madison Soap Box Derby competition who will be cheering for champion Frankie Meyers at the international Soap Box Derby c... |
| Date: | 07 27 1948 |
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| Description: | Madison Soap Box Derby winner, Frankie Meyers, at right, pictured with his parents, David, left, and Grace Meyers, center. The family resides at 310 West D... |
| Date: | 07 30 1948 |
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| Description: | Blaney Farms 4-H booth with display: "Fight Weed Thieves." Three young women and one young man are shown with a display of farm products. They are all hold... |
| Date: | 08 09 1948 |
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| Description: | Tom Reese and Raleigh Williams, juniors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with their 1913 Ford car which they plan to drive to Milwaukee for the Stat... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Design for the plan of the first and second floors, accepted through a competition. The museum space is at the far left. |
| Date: | 11 09 1948 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the winners of the Madison Fire Fighters union poster contest, held in conjunction with the annual Firemen's ball. Left to right in the f... |
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| Description: | Rowboat race with two boats about to go under a bridge. Both of the boats have numbers on the back. Onlookers are standing on the bridge watching the parti... |
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| Description: | Five young girls in skirts and dresses running. In the background, a crowd is watching the race. |
| Date: | 01 03 1949 |
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| Description: | Austin Thorson, winner of a $100 prize in a Lipton Tea Co. jingle contest, also won $1,200 worth of groceries from the Kroger Co. by writing the address of... |
| Date: | 01 06 1949 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Patsy Gibson, wearing a Wisconsin Felton Sporting Goods shirt, poised to begin an ice speed skating race. Patsy, age 14, daughter of Mr. & Mrs.... |
| Date: | 01 31 1949 |
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| Description: | Louise Zieske in her kitchen demonstrating how to make her cheese-rice casserole, which was selected as best of 517 entries in the "Wisconsin State Journal... |
| Date: | 02 01 1949 |
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| Description: | Marshall Straus, (right) being presented with a brand new Kaiser automobile that he received as part of his $13,500 worth of prizes he won from the "Stop T... |
| Date: | 02 22 1949 |
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| Description: | Marshall and Janet Straus are shown accepting part of the $13,500 in prizes Marshall won on the "Stop the Music" radio show. Presenting the prize certifica... |
| Date: | 02 03 1949 |
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| Description: | John Cavanaugh Jr., wearing cub scout uniform, won first place in the "Wisconsin State Journal's" second "Know These Badgers" contest. He won $3. |
| 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: | 02 08 1949 |
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| Description: | Miss Gladys S. Stillman, judge of the "Wisconsin State Journal's" dessert recipe contest, exhibiting utensils used in baking nationality dishes. Also in th... |
| Date: | 02 10 1949 |
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| Description: | Joe Conrad 12, at left, and Jim Conrad 8, at right, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Conrad, 1225 Sweetbriar Road. Joe won first prize in the third "Wisconsin St... |
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