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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 04 29 1950
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...
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Wisconsin State Journal Newspaper Boys

Date: 10 05 1950
Description: Group portrait of the Wisconsin State Journal's outstanding Madison newspaper boys who received their shoulder patch and scroll awards for meeting the high...
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Madison West High School Girls' Club

Date: 04 11 1951
Description: Four members of the Madison West High School girls' club collect newspapers, magazines, books, and cardboard for a paper drive. Proceeds will go toward sch...
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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 04 05 1952
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...
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Wisconsin State Journal Newspaper Carriers

Date: 06 29 1954
Description: Portrait of the eleven Wisconsin State Journal newspaper carriers who won three-day trips to Chicago and Milwaukee in a subscription contest sponsor...
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Carrier Salesmen Subscription Contestants

Date: 03 31 1959
Description: Four Madison Newspapers, Inc., carrier salesmen (or newspaper home delivery boys) look over possible awards for new subscriptions, such as prizes, cash, or...
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Newspaper Carriers Tour to Washington, D.C.

Date: 04 03 1961
Description: Fifty-one Wisconsin State Journal carriers are ready to board the bus to take them to Washington, D.C. for a four-day tour.
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Empty Stocking Fund Television Benefit Show

Date: 11 30 1963
Description: A trio from Brooklyn will perform at the long television benefit for the Empty Stocking Fund on WISC-TV, co-sponsored by the Wisconsin State Journal.
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Schenk School Student Journalists

Date: 06 04 1965
Description: Seven Schenk School students of room 208 with their teacher, shown in front of a table covered with newspapers. They have produced their own class newspape...
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Newspaper Carriers

Date: 08 26 1954
Description: Elevated view of four newspaper boys for the Wisconsin State Journal. Looking up at the photographer and holding out folded papers, they are wearing...
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Newspaper Carriers

Date: 01 08 1955
Description: Three Wisconsin State Journal newspaper boys. They are standing on a city sidewalk by parking meters with satchels slung over their shoulders and pa...
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Journal Carriers Win Scholarships

Date: 05 22 1957
Description: Winners of Wisconsin State Journal carrier scholarships are shown with the other finalists during their interview Tuesday noon in the Park Hotel. The winne...
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We Saw You Before Leaving for Europe

Date: 04 04 1958
Description: Shown outside the State Capitol after leaving the Supreme Court Chambers: (L to R): Dorothy Gregory; Mrs. Charles Doyle and daughter, Kathleen; Mrs. George...
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National Newspaperboy Awards

Date: 09 27 1958
Description: Four Wisconsin State Journal carrier boys show off their National Newspaperboy Awards with publisher Don Anderson. The boys are, left to right: David Lee, ...

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