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Badger Spelling Bee
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Group portrait of Beth Knope, winner of the 1952 Badger Spelling Bee, holding her trophy and standing between her teacher Floy Kendrick, on the left, and her parents Pearl and Sidney E. Knope.
April 5, 1952
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Badger Spelling Bee
April 5, 1952
Champion Beth Knope, winner of the 1952 Badger Spelling Bee, is shown, left, clutching the Wisconsin State Journal trophy and shaking hands with Journal editor Roy L. Matson, right, who presented i...
Badger Spelling Bee Winner
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Badger Spelling Bee Champion with Family
May 3, 1952
Badger Spelling Champion Beth Knope with her family. Her parents Pearl S. and Sidney E. Knope, are shown seated on either side of Beth, while her 6-year-old brother Dave, stands at the right.
Spelling Bee Champion Heading to National Finals
May 17, 1952
Wisconsin State Journal's 1952 spelling champion, Beth Knope, boards a train to attend the national finals. Saying goodbye are her parents Sidney and Pearl Knope, and her brother Dave. Her teacher,...
Badger Spelling Bee
May 21, 1960
Wisconsin's 1960 spelling champion, Judy Ann Nichols, of rural Sharon, posing with her parents at the Badger Spelling Bee. Her parents, who will accompany her to Washington, D.C., for the national ...
Badger Spelling Bee Champions
March 28, 1952
Floy Kendrick, teacher at Nakoma School, congratulates one of her students, Beth Knope who was crowned city spelling champion in Scanlan hall at the Madison Vocational School. Looking on are Steph...
