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Badger Spelling Bee
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Wrenn O'Connell and his wife Margaret practice for the Badger State Spelling Bee with their daughter, Margaret, while sitting on a living room couch. Margaret's brother, Billy, is standing behind them.
April 20, 1949
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Badger Spelling Bee Finalists
April 9, 1949
Twenty-four Madison students who were contestants in the city finals of the Wisconsin State Journal's Badger Spelling Bee stand on stairs in front of a brick building. Margaret O'Connell was crowne...
Carol Jane Berry
April 20, 1949
Badger Spelling Bee west Dane County champion, Carol Jane Berry.
Badger Spelling Bee
April 20, 1949
The Badger Spelling Bee at Kegonsa School, Route 1, Stoughton. Shown, left to right, are Mrs. Alvilda Orvold, teacher; and students Robert Iverson, Ann Iverson, Wayne Larsen, and Audrey Spilde.
Badger Spelling Bee (?)
April 9, 1949
A woman, possibly a Badger Spelling Bee judge, sits at a desk with an open book, paper, and pencil. A group of children sit behind her.
1958 Badger Spelling Bee Championship
May 1958
Portrait of one of the 1958 Badger Spelling Bee contestants.
Badger Spelling Bee Officials
April 6, 1954
W.J. (Bill) Clark, master pronouncer in the Badger Spelling Bee finals, looks over the word list with bee officials Wallace Wikoff, Spelling Bee director, and Nancy Staudenraus, State Journal libra...
