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Auto Racing

Date: 06 22 1952
Description: Racers coming into the first turn of the first five-mile heat at the Dane County Fair Grounds. Shows five racers and background crowd.
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Shorewood Hills Play School

Date: 06 24 1952
Description: Billy Beuscher, right, pulling Charles Schlatter in a wagon at the Shorewood Hills Play School, a summer recreation program at Shorewood Hills parks and sc...
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Shorewood Hills Play School

Date: 06 24 1952
Description: Left to right: Bruce Orchard, Terry Ann Reimann, and Terrance Vau Dell have snacks at the Shorewood Hills Play School, a summer recreation program at Shor...
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Winkie, Vilas Zoo Elephant

Date: 06 28 1952
Description: Winkie, the Vilas Zoo elephant, is led by zoo keepers to summer quarters with many children looking on during a party to celebrate Winkie's birthday and 2n...
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Winkie, Vilas Zoo Elephant

Date: 06 28 1952
Description: A zoo keeper is standing beside Winkie, the Vilas Zoo elephant, as she is eating her "birthday cake" to celebrate her birthday and second anniversary at th...
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Madison Saddle Club Horse Show

Date: 07 03 1952
Description: Bette Dolva standing outdoors at a fence with the horse "Yvonne's Stonewall Star."
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Wolff Kubly and Hirsig Building Under Construction

Date: 07 15 1952
Description: Two unidentified "sidewalk superintendents" observe the excavation for the new Wolff, Kubly and Hirsig Company building being constructed on the North Carr...
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Madison Saddle Club Horse Show

Date: 07 17 1951
Description: Contenders in the western class of the Madison Saddle Club horse show are, left to right: Nancy Timmons, Janet Marlett, and Colleen Houghton.
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Madison Saddle Club Horse Show

Date: 07 17 1951
Description: Nine-year-old Bonnie Timmons with Maurice Klinke's horse, Ebony. She is entered in the junior horsemanship class in the Madison Saddle Club horse show.
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Madison Saddle Club Horse Show

Date: 07 16 1951
Description: Entered in the English saddle class in the Madison Saddle Club horse show are, left to right, Ann Ladd; Donna Wartner; Jinny Waartner, sitting on a horse; ...
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Madison Saddle Club Horse Show

Date: 07 17 1951
Description: John Fitschen riding "Oklahoma's Little Possum" which he will ride in the junior stock class and western pleasure class at the Madison Saddle Club horse sh...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Street Department Crew

Date: 07 20 1952
Description: Group portrait of nine Madison street department workers who have prepared the derby hill for the Soap Box Derby for the past seven years. Kneeling, left t...
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Dane County Junior Fair

Date: 07 26 1952
Description: Olson youth with his calf at the Dane County Junior Fair.
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Knights of Columbus vs. Zor Shrine Softball Circus

Date: 08 06 1952
Description: A youngster "sneaking in" to see the Knights of Columbus Shrine Softball Circus. A clowning police officer greets him and makes his "admittance" good.
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Central High School Football Coaches

Date: 09 10 1952
Description: Madison Central High School football coaches, from left to right: Harold Rooney, Harold Pollock, Robert Alwin, and Frank Lindl.
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 23 1949
Description: Two racers streak down the soap box derby track on E. Gorham Street as a large crowd watches from behind a fence along the sidewalk.
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YMCA Camp Wakanda

Date: 08 04 1953
Description: A scene at YWCA's day camp at Camp Wakanda, located on a shore of Lake Mendota. Five boys play a Skee ball game on "Carnival Night." Left to right: Michael...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 19 1953
Description: Soap box racers head down a hill on S. Midvale Boulevard as a large group of spectators are watching from behind a fence. 1953 was the first year Madison's...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Starting Ramp

Date: 07 19 1953
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 ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Finish Line

Date: 07 19 1953
Description: Two Madison soap box derby contestants are racing toward the finish line on South Midvale Boulevard as a large crowd watches from behind a fence. The 1953 ...

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