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| Date: | 10 02 1954 |
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| Description: | Boy with radio kit, experimenting with a two tube radio receiver. |
| Date: | 06 01 1934 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of members of a vocational school model airplane builders club, each holding a model airplane with a diagram of a cambered aerofoil from a c... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | A family poses in a yard around a table. The grandmother appears to have an embroidery hoop in her lap. In the background on the right is a grindstone. Fur... |
| Date: | 07 03 1955 |
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| Description: | Bobbie Geppert, son of Dr. Geppert, inspecting his Wolff-Kubly & Hirsig soap box racer entered in the Soap Box Derby. |
| 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: | 04 13 1948 |
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| Description: | The Soap Box derby racer of Pierre Slightam is being guarded by the sister of the builder, Lucretia, daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. Francis Slightam. The pictur... |
| Date: | 07 15 1948 |
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| Description: | Jimmy Christiansen is shown posing with the body of his derby car while three friends observe. Left to right: Florence Brown, John Brown, Gary Sachs, and J... |
| Date: | 07 15 1948 |
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| Description: | Soap Box Derby racer Bobby Holmes seated in car outdoors on grass. |
| Date: | 07 15 1948 |
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| Description: | Soap Box Derby racer Virgil Johnson, posing with his car outdoors on a porch. This image was taken before Virgil smoothed and painted his car. |
| Date: | 04 27 1949 |
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| Description: | At left, Billy Powers of 306 Norris Court shows his butterfly collection to classmate Dennis Rose, 1028 Clymer Place. The butterfly collection won first p... |
| Date: | 07 24 1949 |
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| Description: | Madison Soap Box Derby Sportsmanship Award winners with County Traffic Officer, Charles O'Brien, presenting awards to Dickie Wold of LaFarge and Frank Bryl... |
| Date: | 08 16 1949 |
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| Description: | Luanne Unbehaun of Richland Center is shown modeling the new clothes she selected at Baron's Department Store, 14-18 West Mifflin Street, as her gift for b... |
| 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: | 07 28 1957 |
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| Description: | Soap box derby contestants parade up East Washington Avenue before the race to receive their entry prize, a tool kit. |
| Date: | 07 22 1951 |
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| Description: | Five of the winners in the Soap Box Derby competition pose with their prizes. Left to right are Billy McFarland, Darlington, winner of the best upholstery ... |
| Date: | 04 18 1952 |
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| Description: | Boys gathered at a meeting that "kicked off" the 1952 Soap Box Derby that is sponsored by the "Wisconsin State Journal" and Hult's Chevrolet. |
| Date: | 07 19 1936 |
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| Description: | Eldon Raemisch, age 14, in his championship car, No. 32. The Madison Soap Box Derby was held on Wilson Street in 1936. Eldon's car was the heaviest... |
| 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... |
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