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| Date: | 11 09 1948 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the winners of the Madison Fire Fighters union poster contest, held in conjunction with the annual Firemen's ball. Left to right in the f... |
| 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: | 02 14 1950 |
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| Description: | Marshall high school gained basketball title honors in the Madison Suburban League for the sixth time in the 24-year history of the circuit. Coach Leonard ... |
| Date: | 03 31 1950 |
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| Description: | Nichols School poster contest for the Red Cross Blood Drive. At rear is Clifford Olson, chairman and sponsor of the contest for the Blooming Grove and Mono... |
| Date: | 04 29 1950 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 04 29 1950 |
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| Description: | Second place spelling bee champion Dale Sorenson, left, receiving a $25 dollar check from Roy L. Matson, State Journal editor. Looking on are Dale's mother... |
| Date: | 04 29 1950 |
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| Description: | Roy L. Matson, editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, gives a handshake to champion Arlene Brown of Janesville as runner-up Dale Sorenson looks on. |
| Date: | 04 29 1950 |
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| Description: | Badger Spelling Bee champion Arlene Brown stands before seated judges Mrs. Robert Taylor and Morton Schroeder, as Master Pronouncer Paul W. Gauger looks on... |
| Date: | 05 03 1950 |
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| Description: | Six grade school pupils defeated six Rotary adults 37 to 31 at the Rotary Club Spelling Bee at the Hotel Loraine. The spellers, Rotarians, and school child... |
| Date: | 05 12 1950 |
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| Description: | Jackie Mansfield of West High School crosses the finish line in the 100 yard dash to tie the city record in the annual East and West High School track meet... |
| Date: | 11 14 1951 |
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| Description: | Portrait of three of the winners in the "Speaking for Democracy" high school speech contest. From left are: Sandra Johnson, Cambridge High School, fifth pl... |
| Date: | 03 26 1952 |
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| Description: | Spelling champions from twenty-three Madison public and parochial schools will take part in the city spelling finals of the Wisconsin State Journal ... |
| Date: | 04 05 1952 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 04 05 1952 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Beth Knope, winner of the 1952 Badger Spelling Bee, holding her trophy and standing between her teacher Floy Kendrick, on the left, and h... |
| Date: | 04 05 1952 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of eight finalists in the Badger Spelling Bee. First row, l to r: Kay Krogem, Jefferson, 8th place; Champion Beth Knope, Madison; Beverly H... |
| Date: | 04 25 1952 |
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| Description: | Beth Knope, 13-year-old champion of the Wisconsin State Journal's 1952 Badger Spelling Bee, with Walter W. Engelke, the principal of Nakoma school, ... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Students and teachers gathered in a field for the girls' relay race at an annual school festival in Belwood Park. |
| Date: | 03 30 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Susan Hamre, Lowell School, one of nine individual Madison school spelling bee champions. The other students included Joyce Hoffman, St. Bernar... |
| Date: | 05 03 1958 |
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| 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,... |
| Date: | 05 14 1960 |
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| Description: | Top two winners of the 1960 Madison championship spelling bee are shown with the master pronouncer. Left to right: Susan Towner, runner-up; Otto Ritzenthal... |
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