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| Date: | 01 08 1932 |
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| Description: | Display of some of the 5,000 entries that came into the "Capital Times" office for the first "Cut Out Puzzle" contest of the "Boots" character from the "Bo... |
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| Description: | The country meets the city as a "Milwaukee Journal" newsboy admires the calf entered in the animal judging competition by a young boy from the country. |
| Date: | 07 10 1948 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of eight veteran Soap Box Derby racers who will be making their second or third attempts to win the city championship. They are shown liste... |
| Date: | 04 05 1949 |
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| Description: | A.F. Ketterer, principal of Franklin elementary school is at his desk looking over Wisconsin State Journal Badger Spelling Bee material with two of h... |
| 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: | 06 14 1950 |
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| Description: | Hildur Hanson, receptionist in the "Wisconsin State Journal" editorial rooms, looks over the 25-piece tool kit which will be awarded for the best construct... |
| Date: | 07 07 1950 |
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| Description: | Madison Soap Box Derby racer John Bock of 19 Paget Road, right, is shown prizes to be awarded to the top racers by Jean Behling, staff writer for the "Wisc... |
| Date: | 01 26 1952 |
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| Description: | Jean Henriksen, a Madison Capital Times librarian, poses as the queen of the Wisconsin Press Photographers Association at the group's meeting in Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 04 05 1952 |
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| Description: | Champion Beth Knope, winner of the 1952 Badger Spelling Bee, is shown, left, clutching the Wisconsin State Journal trophy and shaking hands with Jou... |
| Date: | 01 14 1954 |
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| Description: | Nancy Staudenraus, State Journal librarian and assistant Spelling Bee director, looks over 1954 Spelling Bee pamphlets as they come off the press. Ernest P... |
| Date: | 06 29 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of the eleven Wisconsin State Journal newspaper carriers who won three-day trips to Chicago and Milwaukee in a subscription contest sponsor... |
| Date: | 04 01 1957 |
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| Description: | Badger Spelling Bee officials meet to discuss both the Madison finals and the state finals. Armand Ketterer, seated in center, principal of Franklin School... |
| Date: | 08 07 1958 |
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| Description: | Original caption states: "Everyone benefits. Jans Jackson, Spring Green, champion subscription salesman, of the Wisconsin State Journal's carrier bo... |
| Date: | 03 31 1959 |
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| Description: | Four Madison Newspapers, Inc., carrier salesmen (or newspaper home delivery boys) look over possible awards for new subscriptions, such as prizes, cash, or... |
| Date: | 03 31 1959 |
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| Description: | Four Madison Newspapers, Inc., carrier salesmen (or newspaper home delivery boys) and district circulation manager, Clinton Vandall (right) are shown looki... |
| Date: | 03 31 1959 |
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| Description: | Four Madison Newspapers, Inc., carrier salesmen (or newspaper home delivery boys) looking over possible awards for new subscriptions, such as prizes, cash,... |
| Date: | 03 31 1959 |
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| Description: | Four Madison Newspapers, Inc., carrier salesmen (or newspaper home delivery boys) looking over possible awards for new subscriptions, such as prizes, cash,... |
| Date: | 06 23 1959 |
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| Description: | 44 young carrier salesmen for the Wisconsin State Journal posing in front of a bus that will take them off "for three days packed full of fun in Chi... |
| Date: | 04 17 1960 |
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| Description: | George Byrne, center, a Wisconsin State Journal carrier in Brooklyn, arrives at the airport after a twelve day trip to New York, Paris, and London. He won ... |
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