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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 1954
Description: Fritz Ragatz waiting in line to race his WMTV-sponsored car on Midvale Avenue at the Madison soap box derby.
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Bundles of Christmas Cheer for You

Date: 1937
Description: Holiday card of a young boy dressed in a dark blue coat, mittens and hat. The symbol "AAA" on his hat stands for the "American Automobile Association." He ...
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Christmas 1952

Date: 1952
Description: Holiday card with a scene of a village in New Mexico. Adobe dwellings with hills, fences, a ladder, trees and a burro can be seen in the background. Six fi...
Postcard

Xmas and New Year Greetings

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday postcard of a young girl holding a bouquet of violets and surrounded by sprigs of holly. She is wearing an off-the-shoulder dress with a pink bow. ...
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My Heart is Shaking Only For You

Date: 1945
Description: Valentine's Day card of a soda fountain with two girls seated on stools in front of the counter and a soda jerk behind. Two puppies are on the floor near t...
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Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 1946
Description: Paul R. Anderson of DeForest, Wisconsin won the 1946 Madison Soap Box Derby and went on to race at the All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio. Here he...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 28 1946
Description: Paul R. Anderson of DeForest winning the final heat of the 1946 Madison soap box derby in his car the "Green Hornet." The race was held on Gorham street. ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 08 1946
Description: Paul R. Anderson of DeForest, Wisconsin, winner of the 1946 Madison Soap Box Derby, who went on to race at the All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio. ...
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Painting and Decorating Class

Date: 1910
Description: Two young boys work on a wall in a school room as part of a vocational painting and decorating class.
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Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 11 1940
Description: Thirteen year-old James Borden (standing in the middle) of Madison, Wisconsin, the 1940 Madison, Wisconsin soap box derby champion, waiting for his turn to...
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Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 1957
Description: Van Steiner (15 years-old) of Argyle, Wisconsin, the 1957 Madison, Wisconsin soap box derby champion, crouching next to his Wisconsin State Journal-sponsor...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 1950
Description: Thirteen year-old Philip Lenhart of Madison, Wisconsin, sitting in his new and improved soap box derby car. In the 1950 Madison race held on July 23, 1950,...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 28 1940
Description: Paul Johnson (left) and James Borden (right) racing down Gorham Street at Madison's (Wisconsin) 1940 soap box derby. They have just left the starting ramp....
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Group of Men and Boys Threshing

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men and boys threshing. They are using a tractor for a belt-driven threshing machine, and on the left two horses pull a wagon with large barrels.
Manuscript

NAACP Youth Council Flyer

Date: 03 1948
Description: Flyer announcing a special meeting of the Youth Council of the Milwaukee branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on Tuesda...
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Cranberry Parade Float

Date: 1950
Description: Parade float sponsored by Eatmor and Ocean Spray Cranberries. A beauty contestant sits with a large cranberry pie on the float which is pulled by a John De...
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"In the Land of the Sky"

Date: 1900
Description: Composite view of a man sitting in front of a cabin, a boy riding a donkey, and a man driving an ox-drawn sledge.
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That Hoola Shimmy: Two Men Playing Ukeleles

Date: 1920
Description: Two young men dressed in suits and ties playing ukeleles on a residential street.
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Polish Young People's Alliance

Date: 1917
Description: Composite group portrait of the Polish Young People's Alliance.
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Happy Bunch, Co. K

Date: 07 1915
Description: Group of soldiers of Co. K, 127th Infantry, 32nd Division, Wisconsin National Guard "at ease." Two men are eating, one holds a tin cup, two men hold mandol...

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