Date: | 07 11 1949 |
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Description: | Arnold Pederson, age 13, with his Soap Box Derby racer and sponsor, Leo Welch, owner of the Ace of Clubs restaurant located at 3520 East Washington Avenue. |
Date: | 07 24 1949 |
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Description: | A crowd watches as soap box derby cars get ready for a race and men check over the cars. A sign over the road reads, "Free Shellubrication" for Derby Entra... |
Date: | 07 24 1949 |
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Description: | A crowd looks on as boys in derby cars await the start of the Madison Soap Box Derby at the starting gate on East Gorham Street. |
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 24 1949 |
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Description: | Soap Box Derby winners from a record entry of seventy-six boys. Left to right: Runner-up Dickie Lindauer; Pierre Slightam, winner, with Ralph Hult, preside... |
Date: | 07 23 1949 |
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Description: | Luanne Unbehaun of Richland Center is crowned Madison Soap Box Derby Princess by beauty queen Jackie Stafford. Looking on at right is Lee Baron of Baron's ... |
Date: | 07 24 1949 |
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Description: | Madison Soap Box Derby view of the crowd watching the race in front of Water Works, corner of East Gorham and North Hancock Streets. Motorcycle Officer, C.... |
Date: | 07 24 1949 |
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Description: | Cars line up at Shell Oil service pits on E. Gorham Street during the Madison Soap Box Derby. Drivers, and a crowd of people on the sidewalk are looking on... |
Date: | 07 24 1949 |
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Description: | Seventy-six derby car drivers march behind leader Frankie Meyers on East Gorham Street during the Soap Box Derby Parade of Youth. |
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: | 07 23 1949 |
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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... |
Date: | 07 24 1949 |
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Description: | Soap Box Derby Parade of Youth showing the Beaver Dam float and those from nearby communities. The Uptown Liquor Store and other businesses along the 100 b... |
Date: | 07 23 1949 |
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Description: | Soap Box Derby officials and judges for the 1949 derby are pictured in a group portrait. Left to right, they are John Hubbins, cashier of the American Exch... |
Date: | 07 28 1949 |
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Description: | Phil Lenhart and Warren Slightam, Soap Box Derby winners, are awarded sports jackets (letterman jackets) by Johnny Casey, manager of the boys' department a... |
Date: | 08 03 1949 |
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Description: | Mrs. Charles Slightam and her grandsons, Pierre, left, and Warren Slightam, right. Pierre, 15, came in first at the recent Madison Soap Box Derby and will ... |
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: | 04 12 1950 |
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Description: | Chuck Dykman, shown with his parents Melvin and Ruth Dykman, signs up for the 1950 Soap Box Derby at Hult's Chevrolet garage. Don Knowles, vice-president ... |
Date: | 05 04 1950 |
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Description: | Official 1950 Soap Box Derby wheels are now available to any boy wishing to enter the 12th annual Wisconsin State Journal-Capital garage event. Charles Wh... |
Date: | 05 30 1950 |
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Description: | Left to right are: Don Spring, 13-year-old Soap Box Derby racer; his dad, Fireman A.E. Spring; and Lieut. Wilson H. Donkle, chairman of the fireman's Soap ... |
Date: | 06 14 1950 |
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Description: | Hildur Hanson, receptionist in the "Wisconsin State Journal" editorial rooms, looks over the 25-piece tool kit which will be awarded for the best construct... |
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