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Southern Wisconsin Sports Show

Date: 04 11 1946
Description: Bernie Larson shown operating an electric boat hoist, manufactured by Gordon Engineering, Madison, at the Madison Marine Service booth, at the Southern Wis...
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Destruction of Illegal Slot Machines

Date: 02 19 1949
Description: Madison Police Inspector Philip H. Oakey is shown demolishing three "one-armed bandits." They had been stored in the vault of police headquarters since the...
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Polio Resistance Exerciser

Date: 10 16 1951
Description: Close-up of a polio resistance exerciser. Dick Murphy, captain of the U.W. boxing team, is shown receiving "treatment" on the machine given by Frank Lam of...
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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 01 14 1954
Description: Nancy Staudenraus, State Journal librarian and assistant Spelling Bee director, looks over 1954 Spelling Bee pamphlets as they come off the press. Ernest P...
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Paper Cup Making Machine

Date: 10 18 1954
Description: Edwin Koch demonstrates the paper cup making machine he invented as a retirement project.
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C. Glenn Goodsell

Date: 04 26 1957
Description: C. Glenn Goodsell uses machinery in his basement shop where he repairs toys during his retirement.

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