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Madison Soap Box Derby Weigh-In

Date: 07 26 1947
Description: Weigh-in for Soap Box Derby entrants. Pierre Slightam, in striped shirt, has his car the Doodlebug weighed. The floor of the car was made from an old iro...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Weigh-In

Date: 07 23 1949
Description: Ted Ryan being weighed with his racing car. Their combined weight was just under the 250-pound limit. Left to right are Weighmaster Frankie Meyers, 1948 Ma...
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Madison Soap Box Derby, Weigh-In

Date: 07 21 1956
Description: Alan Strauss stands with his derby car on the scale while Phil Peckham (left) records the weight; the boy and car cannot weigh more than 250 pounds. At rig...
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Badger Village Star Gazer, Man with Homemade Telescope

Date: 1955
Description: Interior portrait of a man sitting at a kitchen table adjusting his homemade telescope. His wife is washing dishes behind him. Open shelves on the wall dis...

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