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Emerson School Hearing Test

Date: 02 11 1935
Description: Boys at Emerson School are listening intently to earphones and writing on notebooks during a hearing test.
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Ruth L. Brissee with Rifle and Dog

Date: 09 22 1933
Description: Ruth L. Brissee holding a rifle, standing with her dog in a garden at 2437 Fox Avenue. At age 15 she is the youngest huntress in Dane County.
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West High School Radio Club

Date: 10 31 1952
Description: Two members of the West High School radio club, Alan Frees and Bill Reeve, operating the club's "ham" station. Observing the young men are Henry Lugg, spo...
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West High School Girls' Rifle Team

Date: 02 25 1953
Description: West High School Girls' Rifle Team, front to back, Betty Newton, Rita Bisbee, and Alice Pedracine, prepare for their first competitive meet.
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Gene Charmley and his Telescope

Date: 07 20 1945
Description: Gene Charmley, boy scout, applying rouge to the pitch lay upon which he is about to begin polishing for an 8-inch lens used in the reflector type telescope...
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Youth Council Radio Committee Co-Chairs

Date: 03 05 1947
Description: George "Skip" Stebbins and Anne Holden , co-chair of the Young Council radio committee, presents a program for the Council which broadcasts each Saturday n...
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Bicycle Safety Week

Date: 04 29 1947
Description: Two men presenting a bicycle safety award to a young boy in front of a NBC WIBA radio microphone.
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Madison Youth Council Movie Makers

Date: 11 11 1947
Description: Four members of Madison Youth Council are shown lounging around a movie camera in a woodland setting. They were making a movie, "Make Way for Youth".
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Youth Radio Workshop

Date: 02 07 1948
Description: Betty Booth, associate editor of Seventeen magazine, being interviewed by Madison high school students on the Madison Youth Radio Workshop program b...
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Wisconsin Centennial Parade

Date: 04 29 1948
Description: Wisconsin Centennial Parade near the Wisconsin State Capitol. A large group of Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts are marching, each with an American flag. In the ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 25 1948
Description: The Grand Champion Frankie Meyers receiving a trophy from Ralph Hult, president of the Hults' Capitol Garage, sponsor of the event. Looking on is Tommy Smr...
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Madison Co-eds

Date: 08 21 1948
Description: Six Madison co-eds sitting on a stone retaining wall. All will be attending Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri. Pictured from the left are: Patricia R...
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Madison's Youth Radio Program

Date: 11 03 1948
Description: One of several radio programs produced by Madison teenagers is the Teen Colony on WKOW every Saturday morning. Another program is the Hy Time, every Monday...
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West High School Boys Basketball Team

Date: 12 22 1948
Description: The West High School basketball team will take part in a holiday double-header at the field house. The players are shown left to right: first row, Peter ...
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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 04 30 1949
Description: Roy Matson, Wisconsin State Journal editor, standing to the right and presenting a championship trophy to Charlotte Kreul of Fennimore, Wisconsin. W...
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Madison Soap Box Derby, Car Construction

Date: 06 15 1948
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...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Sponsor

Date: 07 11 1949
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.
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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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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 24 1949
Description: Pierre Slightam (right), winner of the 11th annual Madison Soap Box Derby, is congratulated by Warren Jollymore, director of the Wisconsin State Journal...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Princess

Date: 07 23 1949
Description: Luanne Unbehaun of Richland Center is crowned Madison Soap Box Derby Princess by beauty queen Jackie Stafford. Looking on at right is Lee Baron of Baron's ...

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