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| Date: | 08 18 1935 |
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| Description: | Roger Gabbei, age 12, competed in the Madison soap box derby held on Gorham Street. He carried a spare wheel in case of a crackup. Roger won the class B ti... |
| Date: | 08 18 1935 |
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| Description: | Fred Raemisch, 16, of 2234 E. Johnson Street, sitting in his championship soap box derby car, #41. This was the first official soap box derby held in Madis... |
| Date: | 07 18 1937 |
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| Description: | Rear view of three soap box derby racers whizzing down West Wilson Street. |
| Date: | 07 18 1937 |
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| Description: | Roundy Coughlin handing Madison soap box derby champion Ken Johnson, age 15, the M.E. Coyle trophy while the crowd applauds in the background. The rac... |
| Date: | 06 21 1952 |
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| Description: | Seven members of the Four Lakes Amateur Radio Club operating a transmitter and receiving station at the club's annual field day. Standing, left to right: ... |
| Date: | 07 1951 |
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| Description: | City champion Roddy Botts posing in his winning soap box derby car, Aeolus, named for the Greek god of the winds. |
| 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: | 07 1954 |
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| Description: | Fritz Ragatz waiting in line to race his WMTV-sponsored car on Midvale Avenue at the Madison soap box derby. |
| Date: | 07 1950 |
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| Description: | Roddy Botts with the tool set he won for best constructed car in the 1950 Madison, Wisconsin soap box derby. |
| Date: | 07 23 1949 |
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| 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. |
| 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: | 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... |
| 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: | 07 19 1953 |
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| Description: | View down the hill at the Madison Soap Box Derby on South Midvale Boulevard during a soap box derby race. One car is visible on the track and a large crowd... |
| Date: | 07 19 1953 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 12 08 1953 |
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| Description: | Christmas holiday tea table centerpiece created by Emma (Mrs. F.M.) Distelhorst of 3630 Spring Trail. The display was sponsored by the West Side Garden Clu... |
| Date: | 12 08 1953 |
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| Description: | Decorative holiday tea table center piece created by Mrs. C.A. Sakrison of Middleton. The displays were sponsored by the West Side Garden Club and shown at... |
| Date: | 12 08 1953 |
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| Description: | "Umbrella Tree," an original holiday table/window decoration utilizing old umbrella spokes, was created by Ethel (Mrs. Philip H.) Falk of 3721 Council Cres... |
| Date: | 12 08 1953 |
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| Description: | Original holiday table decoration dubbed "Angel's Stairway" and consisting of a tall, colorful combination of shiny tree balls, magnolia leaves, and celosi... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Thirteen year-old Philip Lenhart of Madison, Wisconsin, sitting in his new and improved soap box derby car. In the 1950 Madison race held on July 23, 1950,... |
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