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Eight Carrier Boys
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Shown are eight Madison area carrier boys for Madison Newspapers who won a trip to Milwaukee to see the Green Bay Packers-Detroit Lion professional football game. They each gained eight new subscribers since Oct. 1.
October 30, 1949
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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