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| Date: | 06 1916 |
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| Description: | Six girls in a running race at the School Festival in Palos Park. |
| Date: | 05 01 1945 |
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| Description: | Pupils of the Highlands-Mendota Beach School ran a clothing drive contest among school rooms and collected well over a truckload of clothing. Pictured are ... |
| Date: | 03 15 1945 |
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| Description: | Joyce Burroughs, standing, and Lucille Baker, kneeling, cheerleaders for the Tomah High School team competing in the annual state basketball tournament. |
| Date: | 11 09 1948 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the winners of the Madison Fire Fighters union poster contest, held in conjunction with the annual Firemen's ball. Left to right in the f... |
| Date: | 04 20 1949 |
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| Description: | Badger Spelling Bee west Dane County champion, Carol Jane Berry. |
| Date: | 04 20 1949 |
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| Description: | Wrenn O'Connell and his wife Margaret practice for the Badger State Spelling Bee with their daughter, Margaret, while sitting on a living room couch. Marga... |
| Date: | 04 30 1949 |
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| Description: | Officials at the Badger Spelling Bee. Right to left: Mary Frances Boyd, master pronouncer, and three judges: Professor Lois Nemec, University of Wisconsin;... |
| Date: | 04 30 1949 |
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| Description: | Roy Matson, Wisconsin State Journal editor, standing to the right and presenting a championship trophy to Charlotte Kreul of Fennimore, Wisconsin. W... |
| Date: | 12 12 1949 |
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| Description: | The winners of the Madison Civic Music Association essay contest for high school students pose for a portrait. Left to right: Francis Axley, 3515 Sunset ... |
| Date: | 02 14 1950 |
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| Description: | Marshall high school gained basketball title honors in the Madison Suburban League for the sixth time in the 24-year history of the circuit. Coach Leonard ... |
| Date: | 03 31 1950 |
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| Description: | Nichols School poster contest for the Red Cross Blood Drive. At rear is Clifford Olson, chairman and sponsor of the contest for the Blooming Grove and Mono... |
| Date: | 04 29 1950 |
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| Description: | Spelling bee champion Arlene Brown of Janesville holding her trophy. Smiling on the right is her eighth grade teacher at St. Mary's Catholic school, Siste... |
| Date: | 04 29 1950 |
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| Description: | Second place spelling bee champion Dale Sorenson, left, receiving a $25 dollar check from Roy L. Matson, State Journal editor. Looking on are Dale's mother... |
| Date: | 04 29 1950 |
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| Description: | Roy L. Matson, editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, gives a handshake to champion Arlene Brown of Janesville as runner-up Dale Sorenson looks on. |
| Date: | 04 29 1950 |
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| Description: | Badger Spelling Bee champion Arlene Brown stands before seated judges Mrs. Robert Taylor and Morton Schroeder, as Master Pronouncer Paul W. Gauger looks on... |
| Date: | 04 29 1950 |
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| Description: | The audience at the Badger Spelling Bee audience, comprised of parents, teachers and students, sitting in an auditorium. The 1950 Badger Spelling Bee was s... |
| Date: | 05 03 1950 |
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| Description: | Six grade school pupils defeated six Rotary adults 37 to 31 at the Rotary Club Spelling Bee at the Hotel Loraine. The spellers, Rotarians, and school child... |
| Date: | 05 12 1950 |
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| Description: | Jackie Mansfield of West High School crosses the finish line in the 100 yard dash to tie the city record in the annual East and West High School track meet... |
| Date: | 02 16 1951 |
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| Description: | Two boxers, Gonzaga University's Gordon Simanton (left) and University of Wisconsin's Gene Diamond, both miss punches in the first bout of the Gonzaga-Wisc... |
| Date: | 11 14 1951 |
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| Description: | Portrait of three of the winners in the "Speaking for Democracy" high school speech contest. From left are: Sandra Johnson, Cambridge High School, fifth pl... |
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