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Ice Cream Stand at Civilian Defense Rally

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A scene from the Greendale Civilian Defense Rally. Mothers and children sit at a picnic table outside of the "Bendfelt House of Fine Ice Cream" stand opera...
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Stoughton Boy Scouts

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Description: Stoughton, Wisconsin Boy Scouts of America Troop No. 1 group portrait with a dog in the front of the group. One of the members is holding a trumpet.
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Four Lakes Boy Scouts Drum & Bugle Corps

Date: 05 14 1945
Description: Group portrait of the all-Eagle Four Lakes Boy Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps with their director, from Madison, Wisconsin.
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Boy Scouts, Troop #31

Date: 05 26 1945
Description: Group portrait of Boy Scouts, Troop #31 from Trinity Lutheran Church, at Four Lakes Council Camporee in Olin Park.
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Boy Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps.

Date: 04 21 1945
Description: Group portrait of the Four Lakes Council Boy Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps, with instruments.
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Milwaukee Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 17 1963
Description: Elevated view of Grand Champion soap box coaster crossing the finish line.
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Reverend Jakob Aall Ottesen and Family

Date: 1874
Description: The Reverend Jakob Aall Ottesen (1825-1904), his wife Cathinka Doderlein Ottesen and family posed in front of their home. A man on the roof holds out a Nor...
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Boy Scout Troop #1

Date: 06 01 1949
Description: Group portrait of twenty-five Boy Scout Troop #1 members and four leaders with their flags and awards at Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, 1833 Regent Stree...
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Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps

Date: 02 16
Description: Group portrait of Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps at second annual concert on the Central High School auditorium stage.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Starting Ramp

Date: 07 24 1949
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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Shooting Gallery

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Side view from behind the shooting gallery at a Civilian Defense Rally. Women and boys are shooting at targets while Boy Scouts and other men stand around....
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Madison Soap Box Derby Parade

Date: 07 28 1957
Description: Madison Junior Boy Scout Drum & Bugle Corps march in the pre-Soap Box Derby race parade on East Washington Avenue.
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High School Band Marching Down Street

Date: 1942
Description: A high school band marches down a street during MacArthur Week, a state sponsored scrap drive effort.
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Baraboo Marching Band

Date: 1940
Description: The Baraboo High School marching band, its director and majorettes, pose in uniform on the steps of the Sauk County Courthouse.
Postcard

Akron Soap Box Derby

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Description: All-American Soap Box Derby at Derby Downs. Shows an elevated view of the "Derby Downs Hill with Grandstands and Finish Line. Famous Goodyear Zeppelin Dock...
Postcard

Akron Soap Box Derby

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Description: All-American Soap Box Derby at Derby Downs. "Scene showing main entrance to Derby Downs."
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Memorial Day Activities

Date: 05 30 1952
Description: Cub Scout Pack 329 from Emerson School lines up on Doty Street for the Memorial Day parade around Madison's Capitol Square. Monona Tire Company on the corn...
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Maple Bluff

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Description: Several men and boys sail in a canoe near a foliage covered rock outcropping. The boat is decorated with two flags, an American flag and one reading "JULIA...
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Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 1951
Description: Elevated view of spectators in the grandstands at Derby Downs watching three racers participate in the All-American Soap Box Derby.
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Catholic Holy Hour

Date: 09 20 1953
Description: Catholic evening worship service held outdoors at Breese Stevens Field, lit by two haloed lights and 3,000 candles. Bishop William O'Connor led the congreg...

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