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Date: | 04 21 1948 |
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Description: | Officers of the Madison's East Side Business Men's Association shown with the football captain and the basketball captain of East High School. Standing fro... |
Date: | 04 22 1948 |
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Description: | Nine members of the Madison East Side Youth Activities Council taking the oath of office being administered by Dane County Judge Fred M. Evans at the East ... |
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: | 04 28 1948 |
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Description: | La Verne Haak, chairman of the Madison Youth Council's second annual spring clean-up campaign, is shown with equipment to be used for the project. His tool... |
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: | 05 15 1948 |
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Description: | Group portrait of the newly elected officers of the Junior Red Cross high school county council. Pictured left to right: Dave Catlin, Sun Prairie high scho... |
Date: | 05 24 1948 |
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Description: | West Side Garden Club junior hostesses, left to right: Carol Ann Watson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Watson, 721 Seneca Place; Virginia Pochmann, daug... |
Date: | 05 28 1948 |
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Description: | Dane County traffic police with Jimmy Christensen pointing to his plans for a soap box racer. The traffic police are sponsoring Jimmy in the Soap Box Derby... |
Date: | 04 29 1948 |
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Description: | Wisconsin Centennial Parade near the Wisconsin State Capitol. A large group of Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts are marching, each with an American flag. In the ... |
Date: | 06 04 1948 |
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Description: | Two Boy Scouts, George Koehler of Madison, at left, and Michael Benamou, at right, scout from Marseilles, France, who is visiting in Madison. The two scout... |
Date: | 06 15 1948 |
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Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Richard "Dick" Bakke, newly elected head of DeMolay, Masonic young men's group. |
Date: | 06 17 1948 |
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Description: | Madison Youth Council outgoing vice president, Mel Wade at left, wishing good luck to the newly elected recording secretary of the organization, June Clear... |
Date: | 06 24 1948 |
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Description: | Sgt. James McCullough, Memphis, Tennessee, a marine veteran guarding the Freedom Train, points out Washington's Farewell Address to three Madison Boy Scout... |
Date: | 06 20 1948 |
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Description: | Richard Lerwick, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Lerwick, 1813 Helena Street, shown outdoors near a fence posing in his racing car. He is preparing for the So... |
Date: | 06 25 1948 |
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Description: | Soap Box Derby entrants just before the big race. Approximately forty-five young boys entered the competition, in which the winner will receive the city ch... |
Date: | 07 26 1948 |
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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... |
Date: | 07 25 1948 |
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Description: | The Grand Champion Frankie Meyers receiving a trophy from Ralph Hult, president of the Hults' Capitol Garage, sponsor of the event. Looking on is Tommy Smr... |
Date: | 07 25 1948 |
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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. |
Date: | 07 27 1948 |
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Description: | Camp Wakanda YMCA campers activities include boxing. Two boys boxing with large boxing gloves are Lawrence Fish, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Fish, 842 Terr... |
Date: | 07 27 1948 |
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Description: | Camp Wakanda campers are shown working on making moccasins. Left to right: Thomas Dean, son of Dr. and Mrs. Frank Dean, 4 Paget Road, Peter Stuhldreher, so... |
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