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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 28 1957
Description: The Marine Corps Reserve built platforms on their jeeps to move the soap box cars back up the East Washington Avenue hill. They are shown loading the Porta...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Parade

Date: 07 28 1957
Description: Madison Junior Boy Scout Drum & Bugle Corps march in the pre-Soap Box Derby race parade on East Washington Avenue.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Parade

Date: 07 28 1957
Description: Soap box derby contestants parade up East Washington Avenue before the race to receive their entry prize, a tool kit.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Starting Ramp

Date: 07 28 1957
Description: Elevated view of Soap Box Derby staging area and starting line on 100 and 200 blocks of East Washington Avenue between South Butler and South Pinckney Stre...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Parade

Date: 07 22 1951
Description: Pre-race parade for Soap Box Derby, going past 151 East Gilman Street.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Starting Ramp

Date: 07 22 1951
Description: Soap Box Derby starting line at 140 East Gorham Street.
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 22 1951
Description: Derby cars are checked prior to the race at the Soap Box Derby Shellubrication Station at 140 and 144 East Gorham Street.
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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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Automobile Accident

Date: 08 14 1951
Description: Police investigator Boyd Hustad examines the car which a Chicago couple, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Lee, and two children were riding in when it struck the Runion c...
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Veterans Administration Hospital Dedication

Date: 09 16 1951
Description: Elevated view of a crowd gathered on the lawn in front of the new Veterans Administration Hospital during the dedication ceremony.
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Mobile Civil Defense Test

Date: 10 31 1951
Description: Lineup of parade vehicles at Law Park along Lake Monona for Wisconsin's first civil defense support battalion test in Madison.
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Snow Scene in Vilas Park

Date: 01 12 1952
Description: A scene in Vilas Park showing frost covered trees and a lone vehicle.
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WIBA Studio Site

Date: 02 16 1952
Description: View looking east along Regent Street at the corner of Larkin Street. It is the site of the WIBA radio studio.
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Aerial View of Madison

Date: 04 17 1952
Description: Aerial view of Madison looking toward the capitol building from over East Washington Avenue and Commercial Avenue. Other images in this set look toward the...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 22 1956
Description: Madison Soap Box Derby winner Alan Strauss holding his trophy and standing with his family on East Washington Avenue. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 22 1956
Description: Soap Box Derby cars lined up in their "service pits" before the race on East Washington Avenue. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the background.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 25 1954
Description: Madison Soap Box Derby winner Phil Peckham accepting his trophy on Midvale Boulevard.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Finish Line

Date: 07 25 1954
Description: Finish line of the Soap Box Derby on Midvale Boulevard. Two cars are about to cross the line with crowds of people watching from behind fences along the si...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 19 1936
Description: Eldon Raemisch, age 14, in his championship car, No. 32. The Madison Soap Box Derby was held on Wilson Street in 1936. Eldon's car was the heaviest...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 18 1935
Description: Fred Raemisch, 16, of 2234 E. Johnson Street, sitting in his championship soap box derby car, #41. This was the first official soap box derby held in Madis...

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