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Madison Soap Box Derby Finish Line

Date: 06 22 1956
Description: Judges Jim Green and Bob Reger view the race from the East Washington Avenue finish line. Ozzie Johnson and Dick Meyer were other judges. Most cars finishe...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Finish Line

Date: 06 22 1956
Description: Two contestants in the Soap Box Derby cross the finish line. James Eckels of Mineral Point is in the lead, beating out Dick Williams, Madison.
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Town and Country House Store and Warehouse

Date: 02 01 1957
Description: A metal store building and a metal warehouse building at 3320 University Avenue. In the background is a tree lined ridge. In the foreground is a two-lane r...
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Pine Bluff Observatory Site

Date: 04 24 1957
Description: Bulldozers and steam shovels prepare the site for the future University of Wisconsin Observatory site near Pine Bluff.
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Women Golfers Inter-Club Play

Date: 07 26 1957
Description: Checking score cards for the second round of the monthly inter-club play at Blackhawk Country Club are Dora Hamilton of Nakoma, Mary Brandel of Maple Bluff...
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Women Golfers Inter-Club Play

Date: 07 26 1957
Description: Three women golfers compare scores at the second round of the monthly inter-club play at Blackhawk Country Club. From left are Jane Savidusky of Maple Bluf...
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Kapec Apple Orchard

Date: 08 09 1957
Description: View of the Martin P. Kapec apple orchard along Verona Road in Fitchburg.
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Ski Jumpers at Blackhawk

Date: 01 26 1958
Description: Ski jumper Willie Erickson of Kingsford, Michigan performs a jump at the Blackhawk Ski Club tournament.
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Ski Jumpers at Blackhawk

Date: 01 26 1958
Description: Ski jumper Johnny Bednarz of Kingsford, Michigan performs a jump at the Blackhawk Club ski tournament.
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Ski Jumpers at Blackhawk

Date: 01 26 1958
Description: Ski jumper Bill Duckwitz of Madison performs a jump at the Blackhawk Ski Club tournament.
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Ski Jumpers at Blackhawk

Date: 01 26 1958
Description: Ski jumper Dale Severson of Eau Claire performs a jump at the Blackhawk Ski Club tournament.
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Blackhawk Ski Meet

Date: 02 03 1957
Description: Jack Statz of Madison takes off on a jump in the Class A division of a Blackhawk Ski Club meet.
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St. Mary's Student Nurse Tour

Date: 09 04 1957
Description: A tour guide and five new St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing students sitting on Observatory Hill during a tour of Madison. Left to right, Marie Frost, ...
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Blackhawk Ski Club Ski Jump Tourney

Date: 01 26 1958
Description: Ski jumper Dale Severson of Eau Claire is shown (center right) flying and leaning high over the Tomahawk Ridge ski jump. Spectators and parked cars are in ...
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Ski Jumpers

Date: 01 1958
Description: Lloyd Severud "Snowball" lives in Chetek but competes out of Eau Claire. Severud, age 42, won the Veterans title for the second straight year and the fourt...
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Ski Jumpers

Date: 01 1958
Description: Lyle Swenson, an 18 year old University of Wisconsin freshman from Westby, was the winner in the Junior division at the Blackhawk Ski Club's 11th annual ju...
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Country Club Women Leaders

Date: 06 17 1958
Description: Portrait of Harriett Narowetz, who presides over women's activities at the Blackhawk Country Club. She is a mother of two small sons, and has also served a...
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Snow Fortress Near Midmoor Road

Date: 01 25 1959
Description: Winter scene with brothers Greg and Mark Hennen of 5709 Midmoor Road standing in their snow fort and holding snowballs at the ready the day following a fiv...
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Girl Scouts Off to Round-Up in Colorado

Date: 06 21 1959
Description: Nancy Muckenhirn is shown with Devil's Lake rocks that the Black Hawk Council of Girl Scouts will be taking to Colorado Springs for the Senior Girl Scout R...
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Mowing a Steep Slope

Date: 06 26 1959
Description: Richard Brachman, an engineer, demonstrates his solution for the problem of mowing the grass on a steep slope near his home. He removed the handles of his ...

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