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State High School Wrestling Tournament

Date: 02 24 1961
Description: Action shot of wrestlers Loren Nordahl of Amery High School (on top) and Phil Robbins, Richland Center High School, during the state tournament at the Fiel...
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Spelling Bee Championship in Iowa County

Date: 04 01 1961
Description: The last five spellers left in the Iowa county championship spelling bee all look a bit worried as they wait for the final rounds of the bee, held in the D...
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Spelling Bee Championship in Iowa County

Date: 04 01 1961
Description: The original caption states: "A confident winner, Julie Matthews stands before the microphone minutes before winning the county spelling title and a chance...
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Spelling Bee Championship in Iowa County

Date: 04 01 1961
Description: A happy Julie Matthews (right) receiving a hug from her mother, Mrs. Harlan Matthews (left) of Platteville, after winning the Iowa County Spelling Bee. Jul...
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Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest

Date: 11 27 1961
Description: A student judges meat at the intercollegiate meat judging contest at the International Livestock Exposition. Oklahoma State University took first place and...
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Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest

Date: 11 27 1961
Description: A student using his hat to deflect light while judging meat at the intercollegiate meat judging contest at the International Livestock Exposition. Oklahoma...
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Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest

Date: 11 27 1961
Description: A Texas student inspecting meat at the intercollegiate meat judging contest at the International Livestock Exposition.
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Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest

Date: 11 26 1961
Description: Two students judging meat at the intercollegiate meat judging contest at the International Livestock Exposition. Oklahoma State University took first place...
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WSJ's Sunday Funland Puzzle Contest Winner

Date: 04 07 1964
Description: Children of St. Mary of the Lake school gather around as Lawrence Fitzpatrick (left), managing editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, presents a 20 volume ...
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Annual City Track Meet

Date: 05 08 1964
Description: Central High School's Steve Kayes (right) nips East High School's Jim DeForest in the 100-yard dash at the Madison City Track Meet at Breese Stevens Field.
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East High Students Win Encyclopedia

Date: 11 09 1964
Description: Four East High School students looking over a set of World Book encyclopedias they won by submitting questions to the Wisconsin State Journal's Uncle Ray c...
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West High Homecoming Queen and Court

Date: 10 10 1964
Description: The West High School Homecoming Queen and her Court prepare to appear at the school's homecoming game versus Kenosha Bradford High School. Shown (L-R) are:...
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Teen-age Baking Contest

Date: 11 18 1964
Description: Richard Krejcarek, age eighteen from Manitowoc and first-year student at the Madison Vocational, Technical, and Adult school, is the winner of the teen-age...
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Winner of Event at Catholic Track Meet

Date: 05 26 1965
Description: Edgewood High School athlete Stu Heere running the 100-yard dash during the State Catholic track meet. He won the event with a time of 10.5 seconds.
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U.W.'s Queen Candidate

Date: 06 03 1965
Description: The original caption states: "Carole Williamson, a junior at the University of Wisconsin, will represent Wisconsin in the 11th annual National College Quee...
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Mathematics Professor Donald W. Crowe Directs Mathematics Talent Hunt

Date: 11 24 1965
Description: University of Wisconsin Mathematics Professor Donald W. Crowe explaining a math problem on how to cut up a rectangular cake into equal size acute triangles...

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