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Madison Soap Box Derby
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Two members of the Scouting committee are presented with emergency service emblems while on duty at the Soap Box Derby; left to right: F. F. Malcomson, corps director, presenting an emblem to Edwin E. Carter, Turner scouting committee members, and Walter W. Kopp, chairman of the Turner scouting committee, receiving his emblem from D. Stranger, director of emergency service for the Turner Society.
July 25, 1948
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Madison Soap Box Derby Committee
June 16, 1948
Group portrait of the 1948 Soap Box Derby Committee. Standing in the rear: James G. Marshall, Park Commissioner; Charles Van Dell, president, Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce, and Edward B. Roman...
Madison Soap Box Derby
July 15, 1948
Soap Box Derby racer Bobby Holmes seated in car outdoors on grass.
Madison Soap Box Derby Champion
June 9, 1949
Frankie Meyer, the 1948 Soap Box Derby champion, stands next to his Wisconsin State Journal-sponsored racer. He is wearing the shirt and helmet given to him when he competed at Derby Downs in Akro...
Madison Soap Box Derby Organizers
June 22, 1954
Men from various organizations will guide the many phases of the July 25, 1954 soap box derby race. In the foreground is Wallace Wikoff, Derby director.
Madison Soap Box Derby Prizes
May 20, 1948
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 De...
Madison Soap Box Derby Champion
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.
