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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 28 1957
Description: Van Steiner, winner of the 1957 Madison Soap Box Derby, holding the trophy. Left to right: Larry Steiner, father of the winner; Don Knowles, general manage...
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Eddie Withers, University of Wisconsin Football Star

Date: 10 19 1950
Description: Eddie Withers, #11 on the University of Wisconsin football team, is shown with his 18 month old son, Eddie Withers III, after the Wisconsin team beat Iowa ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 28 1957
Description: Don Knowles, general manager of Holt's Capital Garage and cosponsor of the race, presenting trophy to the winner Van Steiner. Buildings in the background a...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 28 1957
Description: The winner of the 1957 Soap Box Derby, Van Steiner, receiving champion's kiss from Barbara Harned, wife of "Wisconsin State Journal writer, who was a forme...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 28 1957
Description: The Marine Corps Reserve built platforms on their jeeps to move the soap box cars back up the East Washington Avenue hill. They are shown loading the Porta...
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Thomas Family at Christmas Time

Date: 12 20 1950
Description: A mother and daughter from the Thomas family sit in a chair beside a fireplace while looking at a nativity scene arranged on a chest of drawers.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Sponsors

Date: 07 18 1951
Description: Soap Box Derby Entrant, 11-year-old Johnny Huseboe, behind the wheel of a fire truck at No. 5 fire station, 2137 Atwood Avenue, along with four fire fighte...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 22 1951
Description: A pick-up truck from Hult's Capital Garage parks in front of 115 East Gorham Street with several derby car racers in the truck bed.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 21 1951
Description: Soap Box Derby winner Roddy Botts receives the Champion Chevrolet trophy from Ralph Hult, right, president of Hult's Capital Garage, during Madison's 12th ...
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Cub Scout Den Activities

Date: 01 07 1952
Description: Four Cub Scouts painting milk pods as table decorations as den mother Mrytle Arnold is looking on. Scouts are, left to right: Dick Quale, David Arnold, Mic...
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Cub Scout Den Activities

Date: 01 07 1952
Description: Cub Scout James Beckman, right, demonstrates tying knots to (from left): LaVern Wahlin, Bob Hilliard, John Streiff, and Billy Hoppe. Den mother Freda Hilli...
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Storch Family Reunification

Date: 03 06 1952
Description: Peter Storch, engineer at Ann Emery hall, and his children are shown at the Milwaukee Road depot where they met their son and brother, Alois Storch with hi...
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Rentschler's Greenhouse Easter Lilies

Date: 04 11 1952
Description: Rentschler's Greenhouse employee, Otto Wagner, holds Harold Kautzer, Jr., a 3-year-old neighborhood boy, to see and smell the easter lilies grown there.
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JCC Hobby Show winner

Date: 04 13 1952
Description: Jim Huber, right, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Huber, is shown receiving a plaque from "Black Bart" an anonymous JCC member, for winning the annual JCC Hob...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 22 1956
Description: Soap Box Derby cars lined up in their "service pits" before the race on East Washington Avenue. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the background.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 25 1954
Description: Madison Soap Box Derby winner Phil Peckham accepting his trophy on Midvale Boulevard.
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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 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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Indian Artifacts

Date: 04 28 1952
Description: Two men and seven boys with Indian artifacts (YMCA).
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Virginia Terrace Neighborhood Celebration

Date: 07 04 1952
Description: View of the Virginia Terrace 4th of July neighborhood celebration. Judy Novick, left and Lindy Reuter, center, marching in the children's parade, and at ri...

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