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| Date: | 03 1909 |
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| Description: | Carl Bates in his airplane. The bottom half of the card shows the beginning of a race between Bates' invention and an automobile. Bates was from Clear Lake... |
| Date: | 06 28 1950 |
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| Description: | Children who came to the UNICO festival in Brittingham Park gather around a soap box derby car for a group portrait. The festival is sponsored by the Madis... |
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| Description: | Race car number 6 sponsored by National Auto Elec. The body of the car was built by the Ideal Body Company. A man wearing a helmet and goggles is sitting i... |
| Date: | 06 22 1954 |
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| Description: | 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. |
| Date: | 07 25 1954 |
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| Description: | Class B racers line up for the Madison soap box derby race on Midvale Boulevard. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Small boys on cement track racing small battery-powered “automobiles” around a curve. |
| Date: | 07 04 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking towards sidewalk and street of a crowd looking at automobiles lined up for a downtown race. According to Alan Picha of the Hillsboro ... |
| Date: | 06 24 1976 |
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| Description: | International Scout places 5th at "Baja 500." Original caption reads: "(Photo #tf 1402) Jimmy Jones, El Cajon, Calif., in his International Scout II, finds... |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | Jimmy Jones, Baja 500 racer and driver of an International Scout II all terrain race stock vehicle. |
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| Description: | View of passenger side of orange Scout with the number "304" on the netting of the door, and behind the roll-bar. Just behind the passenger door is painted... |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Original caption reads: "Off-road racing is becoming an increasingly popular sport as the numbers of sports/utility vehicle owners grow. The International ... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Pencil drawing depicting the first automobile race held in Wisconsin. The two vehicles each carry two men on a rural road. A handful of spectators, includ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View of an auto race with cars on the track, a crowd in the grandstand, and other spectators and their cars in the center oval. Caption reads: "Auto Races,... |
| Date: | 06 18 1960 |
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| Description: | View towards a man driving an automobile towards a start and finish line. A banner over the course reads: "Start, Road America Inc., Pate Air Glide-Officia... |
| Date: | 06 18 1960 |
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| Description: | View from side of road towards the right side of a racecar being driven on a road. A barn on the other side of the road has a sign painted on it that reads... |
| Date: | 06 18 1960 |
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| Description: | There is a man in a race car on the course in the foreground on the left. A man is standing on the road, under a banner that reads: "Pure, Elkhart Lake's R... |
| Date: | 06 18 1960 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over parking area towards the Road America race course. |
| Date: | 10 15 2020 |
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| Description: | Proclamation for Blue Flame Day on October 23, 2020. Signed by Tony Evers, Governor, and Douglas La Follete, Secretary of State. |
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