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Madison Soap Box Derby Finish Line

Date: 07 26 1947
Description: Crowd and officials watch Soap Box Derby contestants at the finish line on East Gorham Street.
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West High School Baseball Players

Date: 04 01 1955
Description: Don Woody, catcher, and Dave Baskerville, batter, members of the West High School baseball team. There is a lake in the background.
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Central High School Football Players

Date: 09 08 1944
Description: Group portrait of five Central High School football players: 29 Bernie Rabinowitz; 25 Ed Withers; 23 Ronald Caucutt; 24 Ed Moran; 34 Don Schiro.
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Scattering Rat Poison in City Dump

Date: 08 12 1948
Description: Two men are scattering barium carbonate rat poison in a city dump located at the end of Fern Drive off Highbury Road near University Avenue. The land was o...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Parade

Date: 07 24 1949
Description: Seventy-six derby car drivers march behind leader Frankie Meyers on East Gorham Street during the Soap Box Derby Parade of Youth.
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Dead Fish in the Yahara River

Date: 09 20 1949
Description: Two Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources employees removing dead fish from the Yahara River near the Johnson Street bridge. The fish were evidently ki...
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Lakewood Grade School Football Team

Date: 10 28 1949
Description: Group portrait of the Lakewood grade school football team and their coach following their loss to the Shorewood Hills grade school football team. Lakewood ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Finish Line

Date: 07 28 1957
Description: Finish line on East Washington Avenue of one of the heats at the 1957 Madison Soap Box Derby. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the background.
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 22 1951
Description: A pick-up truck from Hult's Capital Garage parks in front of 115 East Gorham Street with several derby car racers in the truck bed.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Starting Ramp

Date: 07 20 1952
Description: The starter, Glen (Pat) Holmes ,is holding the checkered flag at the starting ramp of the Soap Box Derby on Gorham Street as two cars prepare to take off. ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 23 1949
Description: Two racers streak down the soap box derby track on E. Gorham Street as a large crowd watches from behind a fence along the sidewalk.
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In the Starting Gate

Date: 07 23 1949
Description: View from behind of a soap box racer in the starting gate at the top of the E. Gorham Street hill between N. Butler and N. Pinckney Streets. A man with a f...
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Wausau Muskies vs. Delavan Red Devils

Date: 10 11 1953
Description: Action photograph of a semi-professional football game between the Wausau Muskies and Delavan Red Devils at Breese Stevens Field. Features Wausau's Quintin...
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Circus Parade Calliope Truck

Date: 07 04 1963
Description: A calliope truck with text reading "Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. Presents / A Day in Old Milwaukee / July 4th / Featuring Schlitz Circus Parade" drives down a ...
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Madison Area High Schools Football Practice

Date: 08 27 1956
Description: Madison Central High School football coach Harold (Gus) Pollock watches a backfield drill with center Chuck Muehlemann, quarterback Dick Pedracine, and hal...
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West High School Football Team

Date: 09 10 1956
Description: Group portrait of the West High School football team in uniform with managers and coaches.
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Central High School Football Squad

Date: 09 13 1956
Description: 29 football players posing in three rows on the bleachers.
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Madison East High School Football Team

Date: 09 14 1956
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Madison East High School football team.
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Madison High Schools Football Teams

Date: 09 08 1958
Description: Madison West High School football squad.
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Madison East High School Football Team

Date: 09 08 1960
Description: Team portrait of the Madison East High School football team.

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