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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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Three Members of the Rosaline Peck Society, Children of the American Revolution

Date: 02 17 1957
Description: Presenting musical numbers, in costume, at a meeting of the Rosaline Peck Society, Children of the American Revolution include, from left to right, Anne Fa...
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Blackhawk Ski Club Ski Jump Tourney

Date: 01 26 1958
Description: Two members of the booster club of the Blackhawk Ski club standing outdoor. They are Lies Jungbloed, left, a native of Holland, and Gudran Gudmundsdottir, ...
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Blackhawk Ski Club Ski Jump Tourney

Date: 01 26 1958
Description: Amatuer photographers and ski jumping spectators Irv Jacobsen and Forest Bakken attend the Blackhawk Ski Club's 11th annual jumping tournament. Both men ho...
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Opus Dei Fun-O-Rama

Date: 01 31 1958
Description: Chef Carson Gulley (left), Helen Fagan and Angela Esser planning a roast beef dinner that will be held during the upcoming Fun-o-rama. The Fun-o-rama is a ...
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Madison Bowling Association Champions

Date: 04 05 1958
Description: Group portrait of the five members of the championship team of the 1958 Madison Bowling Association tournament. They bowl for Farmers Mutual. Their names a...
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Mt. Horeb Rifle Club

Date: 04 11 1958
Description: Group portrait of nine members of the Mt. Horeb Rifle Club at their banquet meeting. In the back row, L-R, are: Elmer Culver, Clarence Lund, Bert Frederic...
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Dane County Medical Auxilliary Charter Members

Date: 04 15 1958
Description: These five charter members of the Dane County Medical auxiliary were special guests of honor at the organization's luncheon meeting. The women are Hilda Ew...
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NAACP Members Admire Prize Book

Date: 04 15 1958
Description: Five people admire a book entitled "Go South To Sorrow" which will be given as a prize for the NAACP's Madison branch membership drive at the annual freedo...
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Madison Garden Clubs Tea

Date: 04 15 1958
Description: Pastel flowers in antique silver and glass containers are prepared for a floral tea for all of the garden clubs in the Madison district, hosted by the West...
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Catholic Women's Club Plans Banquet

Date: 04 26 1958
Description: Four committee chairmen for the annual banquet of the Catholic Women's Club are, left to right: Mrs. Fred W. Chamberlin, decorations co-chairman; Sophie Ni...
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Mental Health Week Survey

Date: 04 29 1958
Description: The Dane County Chapter of the Association for Mental Health conducts a survey of Madison area employers to aid them and their employees with mental health...
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Knights of Columbus Bowler of the Year

Date: 04 1958
Description: Bill Goeden was named Knights of Columbus Bowler of the Year for the 1957-58 season. He bowled for Goeden and Company. A group portrait of the team is in t...
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State Junior Rifle Championship

Date: 04 19 1958
Description: John Meitner of the Waterloo VFW club placed third in individual competition at the State Junior Rifle Championship on Saturday, April 19, 1958.
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Madison Auxiliary of the Wisconsin Optometric Association Skit

Date: 05 05 1958
Description: Members of the Madison Auxiliary of the Wisconsin Optometric Association will present the skit "The Historic Spectacle," showing the changes in eyeglasses ...

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