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| Date: | 07 14 1935 |
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| Description: | Robert Grilley, holding his model airplane, receiving first place mahogany plaque in Junior Division of "Jimmy Allen" model airplane races at Royal Airport... |
| Date: | 08 26 1935 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Soap Box Scooter champions and adults in front of the G.A.R. Hall, 118 Monona Avenue. Also shows portion of Monona Hotel, 114 Monona Aven... |
| Date: | 06 01 1931 |
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| Description: | View of grade school championship golf match on the 4th green, with seven men and boys on the fourth green of Glenway Municipal Golf Course, corner of Spee... |
| Date: | 01 24 1953 |
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| Description: | Group of boy scouts lined up for Klondike Derby sled race, where the boys pulled the sleds, on Monona Golf Course. Nearly 300 scouts from the Dane County a... |
| Date: | 07 24 1955 |
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| Description: | The Soap Box Derby held on East Washington Avenue leading from the Wisconsin State Capitol. Shown are two boys in their racers on the starting ramp. Starte... |
| Date: | 07 22 1948 |
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| Description: | Dick Norris, Milwaukee, semi-finalist in the Singles Division of the Wisconsin Invitational Junior Tennis Tournament. |
| 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: | 03 17 1949 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Frankie's Tavern Cagers, winners of the Madison Municipal Basketball tournament. Front row, left to right: Bob Burns, manager Frankie Lo... |
| 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: | 06 15 1948 |
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| Description: | Curlee Seals, Jr. discussing plans for his 1949 Soap Box Derby racer with three members of the Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce, Curlee's sponsor for the... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Ward Love, winner of a Farmall-12, stands next to his prize in a tent at the Indianapolis State Fair. The sign on the tractor reads: "This Farmall 12 was ... |
| Date: | 06 23 1949 |
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| Description: | Cornelius "Connie" Ryan, Madison Soap Box Derby participant, receiving money from Jim Schmitz, a representative of Connie's sponsor, The Hub, 22 West Miffl... |
| Date: | 06 23 1949 |
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| Description: | Soap Box Derby participant, Warren Slightam, age 13, with Marshall "Marsh" Parkinson, yard manager of the J.J. Fitzpatrick Lumber Company, which is sponsor... |
| Date: | 06 14 1949 |
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| Description: | Two men from Hult's Chevrolet consult with two youth on plans for a Soap Box Derby racer. |
| Date: | 06 29 1949 |
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| Description: | Madison Soap Box Derby participant Pierre Slightam, age 14, with Robert J. Connor, Jr., assistant manager of C.C. Collins and Son, Inc., 2308 University Av... |
| Date: | 07 05 1949 |
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| Description: | Don Jean Goodwin (left), who is a racer in the Soap Box Derby, with his sponsor, Sol Epstein from Madison Delivery Service. |
| Date: | 07 11 1949 |
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| Description: | Arnold Pederson, age 13, with his Soap Box Derby racer and sponsor, Leo Welch, owner of the Ace of Clubs restaurant located at 3520 East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 07 16 1949 |
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| Description: | Jackie Allen, left, shakes hands with top-seeded Ted Peterson, Northwestern University, before their tennis match. Jackie, 13, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T... |
| Date: | 07 24 1949 |
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| Description: | A crowd watches as soap box derby cars get ready for a race and men check over the cars. A sign over the road reads, "Free Shellubrication" for Derby Entra... |
| Date: | 07 24 1949 |
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| Description: | A crowd looks on as boys in derby cars await the start of the Madison Soap Box Derby at the starting gate on East Gorham Street. |
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