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| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Ray and Carl Breecher's Heath parasol monoplane while still under construction in their father's garage. Despite extensive modification, the plane crashed ... |
| Date: | 08 16 1984 |
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| Description: | Young men, workers for the Carson & Barnes Circus, carrying heavy circus tent poles through a field. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the University of Wisconsin campus with Lake Mendota on the right. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster for International Harvester crawler tractors (TracTracTors) showing the tractors laying "groundwork for the New York World's Fair, 1939"... |
| Date: | 06 18 1947 |
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| Description: | Ed Gesteland, who is fourteen years old, is shown working on his Soap Box derby racer in the basement of his home at 4221 Wanetah Trail. Behind him, with h... |
| Date: | 04 09 1948 |
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| Description: | Building Soap Box Derby racers in the workshop of the Neighborhood House, 768 West Washington Avenue, are Virgil Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Johnso... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A construction worker sits on a wooden beam near a fence and eats his lunch. Behind him is the construction site with debris. |
| Date: | 04 22 1948 |
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| Description: | Frank Meyers measuring the floorboard of his 1948 Soap Box Derby racer to see that it compares exactly with the full-scale plans he drew before starting to... |
| Date: | 05 06 1948 |
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| Description: | Roddy Botts, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Chellis Botts, shown adding a small piece of wood to the body of his 1948 racer. He had the most original design in the... |
| Date: | 06 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Joe Puccio, 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lucian C. Puccio, working with a drill press in the shop of Henry Peiss to construct his soap box racer. The Ne... |
| Date: | 07 28 1950 |
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| Description: | Pictured left to right are Jerry Licari, Henry Cuccia, and Tommy McCarthy, who are building a birdhouse at the Longfellow playground. At far right is Henr... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Pages 16 and 17 from the Official Rule Book for the 1955 Soap Box Derby showing a deconstructed car. |
| Date: | 05 03 1892 |
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| Description: | Tree planting ceremony on the Wooded Island during construction of the Columbian Exposition in Jackson Park. Standing to the left of the tree wrapped with ... |
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| Description: | A poster featuring a man in a tri-corner hat directing a group of people as they raise the frame of a barn. The text reads, "NEIGHBORS built America" and "... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | View of the Wisconsin Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair under construction. The steel frame of the building is visible behind a sign for Thatcher Construct... |
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