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Madison Soap Box Derby Prizes
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Dorothy Davis, head of the Wisconsin State Journal bookkeeping department, is shown looking over the X-acto tool kit that will go to the boy who has the best constructed car in the 1948 Soap Box Derby.
May 20, 1948
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Soap Box Derby racer Bobby Holmes seated in car outdoors on grass.
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Soap box derby contestants parade up East Washington Avenue before the race to receive their entry prize, a tool kit.
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July 27, 1948
Madison Soap Box Derby winner, Frankie Meyers, at right, pictured with his parents, David, left, and Grace Meyers, center. The family resides at 310 West Dayton Street.
Madison Soap Box Derby, Car Construction
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