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Madison Soap Box Derby Starting Ramp

Date: 07 24 1949
Description: A crowd looks on as boys in derby cars await the start of the Madison Soap Box Derby at the starting gate on East Gorham Street.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 24 1949
Description: Soap Box Derby winners from a record entry of seventy-six boys. Left to right: Runner-up Dickie Lindauer; Pierre Slightam, winner, with Ralph Hult, preside...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 24 1949
Description: Cars line up at Shell Oil service pits on E. Gorham Street during the Madison Soap Box Derby. Drivers, and a crowd of people on the sidewalk are looking on...
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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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Madison Soap Box Derby Winners

Date: 07 24 1949
Description: Madison Soap Box Derby Sportsmanship Award winners with County Traffic Officer, Charles O'Brien, presenting awards to Dickie Wold of LaFarge and Frank Bryl...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Weigh-In

Date: 07 23 1949
Description: Ted Ryan being weighed with his racing car. Their combined weight was just under the 250-pound limit. Left to right are Weighmaster Frankie Meyers, 1948 Ma...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Parade

Date: 07 24 1949
Description: Soap Box Derby Parade of Youth showing the Beaver Dam float and those from nearby communities. The Uptown Liquor Store and other businesses along the 100 b...
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Motorcyclist Ray Tursky

Date: 08 05 1949
Description: Outdoor portrait of Ray Tursky, one of the outstanding motorcycle riders in the country, wearing a helmet with goggles and a Harley-Davidson shirt. He part...
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University of Wisconsin Football Practice

Date: 08 31 1949
Description: Elevated view of the 1949 University of Wisconsin football team, led by captain Robert "Red" Wilson, running onto the practice field outside Camp Randall S...
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Two Boys Watch University of Wisconsin Football Practice

Date: 08 31 1949
Description: Two boys are lying on the ground to look under a canvas wall at the first practice of the University of Wisconsin 1949 football team outside Camp Randall S...
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West High School Football Players

Date: 08 31 1949
Description: Four West High School football players during a practice. From left they are: Jack Mansfield, Jack Barry, John Wing, and Bob Bakke.
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University of Wisconsin Varsity Football Squad

Date: 09 04 1949
Description: Group portrait of the 1949 University of Wisconsin varsity football squad.
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University of Wisconsin Varsity Football Squad Captain "Red" Wilson

Date: 09 04 1949
Description: Portrait of Robert "Red" Wilson, captain of the University of Wisconsin football varsity squad. Wilson, whose number is 53, is in his third year as a regul...
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University of Wisconsin Football Scrimmage

Date: 09 10 1949
Description: Gwynn Christensen, Lake Mills, is being tackled by Pat O'Donahue, Eau Claire, as Charlie Meyer, Janesville, and Billy Lane, Edgerton close in during a Univ...
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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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Wisconsin vs. California Football Game

Date: 10 08 1949
Description: Action shot during the first quarter of the Wisconsin vs. California football game at Camp Randall Stadium, featuring Lisle Blackbourn, Wisconsin #33; Paul...
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Wisconsin vs. California Football Game

Date: 10 08 1949
Description: Action shot during the first quarter of the Wisconsin vs. California football game at Camp Randall Stadium. Wisconsin's Lisle Blackbourn, #33, is crossing ...
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Wisconsin vs. California Football Game

Date: 10 08 1949
Description: Action shot during the second quarter of the Wisconsin vs. California football game at Camp Randall Stadium, featuring Charlie Sarver of California with th...
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Wisconsin vs. California

Date: 10 08 1949
Description: Action shot during the third quarter of the Wisconsin vs. California football game at Camp Randall Stadium featuring Bob Cleri, California, who has just th...
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Wisconsin vs. California Football Game

Date: 09 08 1949
Description: Action shot during the fourth quarter of the Wisconsin vs. California football game at Camp Randall Stadium, featuring Pete Schabarum, California, #32; and...

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