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Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 1957
Description: The racing hill at Derby Downs where the All-American Soap Box Derby championship is held each year. Taken from the Topside area by the parents (Mr. &...
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Spooner Rodeo

Date: 1961
Description: A crowd of people in the background behind a fence are watching a man bull riding at the Spooner Rodeo. Two rodeo clowns are moving in front of the bull.
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Snowmobile Racing

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Description: Three men racing snowmobiles in the Winterama race. Each man is wearing a cloth bib with a race number on it.
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Snowmobile Racers

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Description: Men wearing helmets and race numbers are standing outside in the snow next to red snowmobiles.
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Axe Chopping at the Lumberjack Bowl

Date: 1970
Description: A shirtless man is standing on top of a log ready to chop a log with an axe. A crowd of people are watching from stands behind him.
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Timber Toppers

Date: 1971
Description: Two people are climbing two tall wooden poles at Lumberjack Days.
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Pulling Contest at Steam Engine Days

Date: 08 21 1971
Description: Rear view a man standing on a weighted sled holding the reigns of two horses. The horses are attempting to pull the weight forward on loose dirt. Five men ...
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Log Chopping Contest at the Logging Congress

Date: 09 1976
Description: A man is standing on top of a braced wood block. He is bending over as he swings his ax at the wood block on which he is standing. A crowd of people are wa...

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