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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: | 11 21 1931 |
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| Description: | A group of children and adults observe the awarding of bicycles as prizes in the Madison Label Saving contest. |
| 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: | 07 24 1955 |
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| Description: | The Soap Box Derby held on East Washington Avenue leading from the Wisconsin State Capitol. Shown are two boys in their racers on the starting ramp. Starte... |
| 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: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Alice in Dairyland 1960, Joan Engh, poses with a winner at a regional Junior Livestock Exposition. Joan went on to become Miss Wisconsin in 1962, and she w... |
| 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: | 07 24 1949 |
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| Description: | Pierre Slightam (right), winner of the 11th annual Madison Soap Box Derby, is congratulated by Warren Jollymore, director of the Wisconsin State Journal... |
| Date: | 07 29 1950 |
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| Description: | Mike Bencriscutto of Racine, winner of the Wisconsin State Amateur Golf Tournament, walks toward his ball to putt on the 11th green of the Maple Bluff Coun... |
| Date: | 10 05 1912 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowd around horses during livestock judging. In the background are fields, a road, power lines, and in the far distance along the horizon... |
| Date: | 07 28 1957 |
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| Description: | The car and driver that won the Madison Soap Box Derby in 1957 at the starting line. The car is called "Phillipson Garage" and the driver is Van Steiner of... |
| Date: | 06 13 1916 |
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| Description: | Boys participating in high jump. Original caption reads: "Boys from the various schools of Cook county doing the running high jump at the school festival h... |
| Date: | 08 1951 |
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| Description: | Madison, Wisconsin Champion Roddy Botts with a volunteer at the starting line of the All-American Soap Box Derby at Derby Downs. |
| Date: | 07 1951 |
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| Description: | 1950 Madison, Wisconsin soap box derby champion Warren Slightam about to compete in an exhibition race at the 1951 Madison soap box derby on Gorham Street. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Students and teachers gathered in a field for the girls' relay race at an annual school festival in Belwood Park. |
| 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: | 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: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Two men sheering sheep on a stage surrounded by a crowd of fair-goers, possibly in a competition at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. |
| Date: | 02 03 1957 |
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| Description: | Jack Statz of Madison takes off on a jump in the Class A division of a Blackhawk Ski Club meet. |
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