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| Date: | 11 13 1956 |
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| Description: | Marie Ellis knitting ski sweaters at the East Side Women's Hobby Show. |
| Date: | 04 28 1949 |
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| Description: | At left, Penny Brown, 201 North Broom Street, and her doll clothing and hat exhibit. At right, Karen Peterson, 212 Marion Street, models one of the hats. |
| 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 28 1949 |
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| Description: | Selecting material for building his Soap Box Derby racer is Larry Johnson, 14, of Stoughton. Larry is being sponsored by the Thomas Oscar and Son Ford gara... |
| 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 08 1949 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Dana J. Dillon, advertising manager for Baron Brothers department store, 14-18 West Mifflin Street, holds a dress from the Baron's children's departme... |
| 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... |
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| Description: | A European American man is posing reading on the left, and a European American woman is posing standing on the right in a room decorated with Ho-Chunk arti... |
| 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 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... |
| 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: | Madison Soap Box Derby racer John Bock of 19 Paget Road, right, is shown prizes to be awarded to the top racers by Jean Behling, staff writer for the "Wisc... |
| 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 1950 |
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| Description: | Roddy Botts with the tool set he won for best constructed car in the 1950 Madison, Wisconsin soap box derby. |
| Date: | 11 13 1952 |
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| Description: | Albert and Sophie Kouba look through their collection of Native American relics, including many arrowheads. |
| Date: | 2004 |
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| Description: | John Groeschel, a member of the Theresa Fire Dept, is restoring this old 1924 Boyer fire truck. He has spent 400 hours on this project. |
| Date: | 08 1946 |
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| Description: | Paul R. Anderson of DeForest, Wisconsin, winner of the 1946 Madison Soap Box Derby, who went on to race at the All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio. ... |
| Date: | 01 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Charles Watson is shown with her rosemaled plate during the Madison Art Guild Crafts Group exchange. |
| Date: | 12 13 1957 |
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| Description: | Mary Gillin is sitting behind a table with a display of 21 pairs of mittens of various sizes with wrist stripes that she knitted to donate to The Wisconsin... |
| Date: | 09 29 1959 |
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| Description: | John Uselman standing with a chair he made out of scraps of wood at the hobby and talent show at the Madison Community Center. The one-day show was sponsor... |
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