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NCAA Boxing Tournament Participants

Date: 04 02 1948
Description: Wilbert Moss of Louisiana State came through with an upset victory. He defeated Gerald Auclair of Syracuse, a bantamweight and 1947 champion. The two men ...
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University of Wisconsin Textile Testing

Date: 04 01 1948
Description: Margaret Cooper, Associate Professor of Home Economics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and director of the textile laboratory, testing the bursting...
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NCAA Boxing Tournament Participants

Date: 04 03 1948
Description: Wisconsin's Steve Gremban with a left hand cocked and ready in the second round while Louisiana State's Wilbur Moss looks sharply for an opening. The two m...
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NCAA Boxing Tournament Participants

Date: 04 03 1948
Description: James "Red" Sreenan of Wisconsin is ready to throw a left at Doug Ellwood of Louisiana State in the third round of their featherweight bout, while the latt...
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NCAA Boxing Tournament Participants

Date: 04 03 1948
Description: Wisconsin's Bob Apperson has just caught a left to the nose in the first round from Michigan State's Charles Davey in their lightweight bout. The two men a...
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NCAA Boxing Tournament Participants

Date: 04 03 1948
Description: California Aggies' Don Brown has just blocked a right hand smash by the Badgers' Don Dickinson in the first round of their light heavyweight bout. The two ...
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NCAA Boxing Tournament Participants

Date: 04 03 1948
Description: Wisconsin's Calvin Vernon, an African-American, had led with a left and was blocking a left return by Idaho's Bill Diehl in the first round of their light ...
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NCAA Boxing Tournament Participants

Date: 04 03 1948
Description: In the first round Wisconsin's Vito Parisi threw a right hand inside a left hook by Miami's Art Saey during their heavyweight bout. The two men are partici...
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NCAA Boxing Tournament Participants

Date: 04 03 1948
Description: Eddie Rieder of Maryland is throwing a sweeping right to the jaw of Idaho's Herb Carlson in their middleweight bout. Referee B.J. Barrodale is the third ma...
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Windsor Fire

Date: 06 11 1948
Description: Donald Hanson, who discovered the fire at the lumber and appliance building of the Central Wisconsin Supply Company and turned in the alarm. The fire total...
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College Champion Boxers Contending for Olympics Team

Date: 06 19 1948
Description: Group portrait of college champion boxers and coaches training for the Olympic trials at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Pictured left to right: John ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Winner

Date: 07 26 1948
Description: The 1948 runner-up of the Soap Box Derby is Tommy Smrekar, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Smrekar, Ft. Atkinson. He is shown sitting in his racer, "The Prospe...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 25 1948
Description: The Grand Champion Winner Frankie Meyers, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Meyers, 310 West Dayton Street, is shown sitting in his White Racer.
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John Hoffman on Old Fire Truck

Date: 08 10 1948
Description: Close-up of Fireman John Hoffman at the wheel of a 1929 pumper truck which is going to be "retired".
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Madison Fire Truck and Fire Station

Date: 08 10 1948
Description: Looking south on South Webster Street with the soon to be "retired" pumper fire truck and six fire fighters, parked in front of the Central Fire Station, 1...
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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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North Squad All Stars Football Players

Date: 08 18 1948
Description: Group portrait of the starting line up of the State of Wisconsin high school football all star players, North Squad.
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South Squad All Stars Football Team

Date: 08 18 1948
Description: Group portrait of the starting line up of the State of Wisconsin high school football all star players, South Squad.
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Madison Senior League Baseball Champions

Date: 08 25 1948
Description: The undefeated Granny Woolsey Potato Bread team, Madison Senior League Baseball Champions for 1948.
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Fire at Fitzgibbons Building

Date: 08 28 1948
Description: Fire fighters applying water to the burning Fitzgibbons building downtown.

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