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State Street View

Date: 1935
Description: View of the 200 and 300 blocks of State Street looking toward the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Cassius Clay at the Pan-American Games

Date: 04 30 1959
Description: Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., who later changed his name to Muhammad Ali, (white trunks) fighting Amos Johnson in the 178 pound final of the Pan-American Gam...
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Gary Wilhelm Boxing Match

Date: 03 21 1960
Description: Gary Wilhelm, University of Wisconsin boxer.
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UW Boxing Match

Date: 02 19 1960
Description: Unidentified (Charlie Mohr?) University of Wisconsin boxer, in the midst of a match. A referee is partially visible off to one side.
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Bus Passengers

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Description: Interior view of passengers riding a Madison City Railway Company bus.
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Looking Eastward on State Street

Date: 1935
Description: View of State Street from the 300 block, looking east toward the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 19 1936
Description: Madison Soap Box Derby winner Eldon Raemisch receiving the M.E. Coyle trophy. The race was held on Wilson Street.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 19 1936
Description: Eldon Raemisch, age 14, in his championship car, No. 32. The Madison Soap Box Derby was held on Wilson Street in 1936. Eldon's car was the heaviest...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 18 1935
Description: Roger Gabbei, age 12, competed in the Madison soap box derby held on Gorham Street. He carried a spare wheel in case of a crackup. Roger won the class B ti...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 18 1935
Description: Fred Raemisch, 16, of 2234 E. Johnson Street, sitting in his championship soap box derby car, #41. This was the first official soap box derby held in Madis...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 18 1937
Description: Rear view of three soap box derby racers whizzing down West Wilson Street.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 18 1937
Description: Roundy Coughlin handing Madison soap box derby champion Ken Johnson, age 15, the M.E. Coyle trophy while the crowd applauds in the background. The rac...
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Annual Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 05 1957
Description: Portrait of Albert Asp of Spring Brook, one of the many Wisconsin farmers who attended the University of Wisconsin's annual Farm and Home Week.
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University of Wisconsin Triangular Track and Field Meet

Date: 02 09 1957
Description: The University of Wisconsin track team finished one-two in the 440 yard dash in a triangular meet with Jess Nixon, left, finishing ahead and Joe Hoffman fi...
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Annual Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 05 1957
Description: Edith Meinke from Ludinghausen, Germany, a Brittingham scholarship student at the University of Wisconsin, exhibiting some Wisconsin apples during the Univ...
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University of Wisconsin Triangular Track and Field Meet

Date: 02 09 1957
Description: Don Hebein of the University of Wisconsin, right, races across the finish line first in the 60-yard dash during Saturday's triangular track meet against No...
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Annual Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 05 1957
Description: Mrs. William Bowersox of Juneau pausing indoors for a look out at Lake Mendota before attending a session for women at the annual University of Wisconsin F...
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Annual Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 05 1957
Description: Two sisters from Mauston, Mrs. Thomas Shelton, left, and Mrs. William T. Walsh, consulting a program for the annual University of Wisconsin Farm and Home W...
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Annual Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 05 1957
Description: Walter Ladwig of Juda (left) and Oscar Wold of Hillsboro reading The "Wisconsin State Journal" between sessions at the annual University of Wisconsin's Far...
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Annual Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 05 1957
Description: Emeritus Professor Warren W. Clark of Madison renewed acquaintanceship with many friends at the annual University of Wisconsin's Farm and Home Week. He was...

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