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Madison City Swimming Meet

Date: 08 01 1954
Description: Group portrait of the first place winners of the annual city swimming meet held at B.B. Clarke beach.
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Madison Swimming Meet

Date: 08 01 1954
Description: Group portrait of the winners of the diving competition at the annual city swimming meet held at B.B. Clarke beach. Front row, left to right: Tia Nelson, D...
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Boys after Pie-Eating Contest

Date: 1936
Description: Four boys smiling with pie filling on their faces standing around a table with four empty pie tins. Behind them is a large crowd of children.
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Fond du Lac Junior Rifle Team

Date: 04 07 1956
Description: Group portrait of the Fond du Lac Junior Rifle Team, winners of the state junior rifle team championship, at the University of Wisconsin rifle range.
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Top Carriers Leave on Washington Trip

Date: 05 18 1956
Description: Thirty carrier boys for Madison Newspapers wave goodbye before leaving on a train for a four-day vacation trip to Washington D.C. These boys won the trip b...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Inspection

Date: 07 21 1956
Description: Soap Box Derby contestants check through the inspection lane at Hult's Capital Garage. A Madison entry, Roger Boeker, gets his helmet and shirt. At right i...
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Madison Soap Box Derby, Weigh-In

Date: 07 21 1956
Description: Alan Strauss stands with his derby car on the scale while Phil Peckham (left) records the weight; the boy and car cannot weigh more than 250 pounds. At rig...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Finish Line

Date: 06 22 1956
Description: Judges Jim Green and Bob Reger view the race from the East Washington Avenue finish line. Ozzie Johnson and Dick Meyer were other judges. Most cars finishe...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Starting Ramp

Date: 07 22 1956
Description: Ronnie Dommershausen, the "hard-luck guy" of the race, is shown just before his brake and steering apparatus jammed. He got as far as runner-up in Class A....
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Madison Soap Box Derby Finish Line

Date: 06 22 1956
Description: Two contestants in the Soap Box Derby cross the finish line. James Eckels of Mineral Point is in the lead, beating out Dick Williams, Madison.
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Madison Swimming Meet

Date: 07 29 1956
Description: Group portrait of the diving champions from the Madison Swimming Meet held at B.B. Clarke beach. Kneeling left to right: Cynthia Kohl, Richard Larson, Dan ...
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Madison Closed Tennis Tournament

Date: 08 09 1956
Description: Group portrait of champions and runners-up in the Junior Division of the Madison closed tennis tournament. Back row left to right: Julie Snyder, winner of ...
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Helen Farnsworth Mears Art Contest Winners

Date: 03 27 1957
Description: Group portrait of five Madison public school students, winners of the 1957 Helen Farnsworth Mears art contest. Left to right: Dave Olson, East High; Allen ...
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JCC Golf Tournament Winners

Date: 06 19 1957
Description: Group portrait of the winners of the JCC junior golf tournament. Left to right: Dick Wilson, tournament chairman presents the trophy to first place winner ...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Boys Camping Scrapbook: Archery Features

Date: 07 1942
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with images from an archery tournament at a summer camp for boys at Camp America Williams: a group of fin...
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Neighborhood House Boys Camping Scrapbook: Pat McCann

Date: 07 1942
Description: Image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with Pat McCann, the last shooter in an archery tournament held at a boys summer camp, drawing the bow a...
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Speed Skating Champions

Date: 01 26 1958
Description: Group portrait of the 1958 city speed skating champions who won their races in the finals at Vilas Park.
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Eight Top Spellers in the State

Date: 05 03 1958
Description: Group portrait of the eight finalists in the 1958 Badger State Spelling Bee. All of them received prizes. Shown, left to right, are: Eddie Thompson, Elroy,...
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Pater-Filius Golf Tournament

Date: 09 07 1958
Description: Group portrait of the Pater-Filius handicap golf tournament at the Blackhawk Country Club. Left to right: Dr. James Miller and Jim Miller tied for second l...
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Kiwanis Midgets Win Midvale League Title

Date: 08 1958
Description: Portrait of the Kiwanis Midget baseball team after winning the Midvale No. 1 league title. Left to right, kneeling: Gordon Webb, David Young, Bill Draper, ...

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