Date: | 06 11 1945 |
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Description: | A driver sits in a small promotional race car with a "Calvert Special" logo on its side at Plymouth Liquors, 2717 Atwood Avenue. |
Date: | 07 25 1948 |
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Description: | Group portrait of sponsors of the Madison Soap Box Derby competition who will be cheering for champion Frankie Meyers at the international Soap Box Derby c... |
Date: | 06 15 1948 |
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Description: | Curlee Seals, Jr. discussing plans for his 1949 Soap Box Derby racer with three members of the Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce, Curlee's sponsor for the... |
Date: | 06 23 1949 |
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Description: | Cornelius "Connie" Ryan, Madison Soap Box Derby participant, receiving money from Jim Schmitz, a representative of Connie's sponsor, The Hub, 22 West Miffl... |
Date: | 06 14 1949 |
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Description: | Two men from Hult's Chevrolet consult with two youth on plans for a Soap Box Derby racer. |
Date: | 07 07 1949 |
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Description: | A man, probably Ross Gordon or Pat Hernon, stands at a WKOW microphone while acting as the announcer for the Soap Box Derby. |
Date: | 07 09 1949 |
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Description: | A Soap Box Derby announcer (either Lon Landman or Dwaine Tucker) sitting at a WIBA microphone. |
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: | 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: | 06 27 1950 |
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Description: | Michael Welch is being sponsored by his dad's filling station, Welch's Service Station, 2030 University Avenue, and Jordan Brothers' grocery, 1863 Monroe S... |
Date: | 07 07 1950 |
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Description: | LeRoy Young, 1204 Lakeview Avenue, a Madison Soap Box contender, at the Hub Clothing Store, his sponsor for the race. Jim Schmitz, a store clerk, is showin... |
Date: | 07 12 1950 |
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Description: | Organizers of the 1950 Madison Soap Box Derby gather around a table while examining papers. Pictured left to right, front row, are: Glenn "Pat" Holmes, Joh... |
Date: | 08 02 1950 |
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Description: | Larry Laverty of Mineral Point accepts a sports jacket as the prize for being the runner-up in Class B of the Madison Soap Box Derby. Presenting the jacket... |
Date: | 08 02 1950 |
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Description: | Jerry Wagner of Mineral Point accepts a check from Harlan C. Nicholls, a cashier at the First National Bank of Madison, for the sportsmanship award of the ... |
Date: | 07 24 1954 |
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Description: | Soap Box Derby cars being inspected the day before the race at Hult's Capital Garage at 608 E. Washington Avenue. |
Date: | 05 28 1952 |
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Description: | Members of the Madison Firefighters union, Local 311, chose twelve-year-old Dick Hanson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adrian (Inez) Hanson, 134 South Butler Street ... |
Date: | 06 28 1952 |
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Description: | Two men from C.C. Collins and Sons, Inc. look over a color chart for their racers with two boys they are sponsoring in the soap box derby race. Left to rig... |
Date: | 06 28 1952 |
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Description: | A.J. Farnham, superintendent of the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific Railroad's Madison division, admires Phil Peckham's soap box derby racer which was... |
Date: | 07 10 1952 |
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Description: | Madison Soap Box Derby entrant, 11-year-old Billy West, son of Mr. and Mrs. William West of Route 2 in Madison, is shown behind the wheel of a Willys car. ... |
Date: | 07 22 1954 |
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Description: | Floyd Klahn (left), Dale Ross, and B.L. Macken stand by a new electronic scale used to weigh Madison Soap Box Derby entries. |
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