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| Date: | 11 21 1931 |
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| Description: | A group of children and adults observe the awarding of bicycles as prizes in the Madison Label Saving contest. |
| Date: | 08 08 1931 |
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| Description: | Queen contestant, Disabled American Veterans Ball, standing by bookshelves in front of flag. |
| Date: | 12 22 1956 |
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| Description: | Ruth Bass, 4216 Mandrake Road, receiving a clock radio as a prize in the Christmas outdoor home lighting contest from Lucien G. Schlimgen, Jr., president o... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of one competitor parading her animal for the judges at the Southern Wisconsin Junior Livestock Competition, while Alice in Dairylan... |
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| Description: | Jack Olson, Republican Party leader and owner of the Olson Boat Company of the Wisconsin Dells, with a group of Native American women who were winners in a... |
| Date: | 10 20 1946 |
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| Description: | Betty Gene Gardner, Ridgeway, who was chosen Queen of America's Dairyland at the 1946 Wisconsin State Fair, is shown boarding a train for the Dairy Industr... |
| Date: | 11 14 1947 |
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| Description: | Two women and a man standing next to a microphone at the WIBA radio studio. (Contest winner?) |
| Date: | 12 12 1947 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Emil (Irene) Reiterman, 723 South Shore Drive, pictured with two prizewinning teams of roller canaries which she and her husband, Emil Reiterman, have... |
| Date: | 05 20 1948 |
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| Description: | Dorothy Davis, head of the Wisconsin State Journal bookkeeping department, is shown looking over the X-acto tool kit that will go to the boy who has the be... |
| Date: | 01 31 1949 |
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| Description: | Louise Zieske in her kitchen demonstrating how to make her cheese-rice casserole, which was selected as best of 517 entries in the "Wisconsin State Journal... |
| Date: | 02 08 1949 |
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| Description: | Miss Gladys S. Stillman, judge of the "Wisconsin State Journal's" dessert recipe contest, exhibiting utensils used in baking nationality dishes. Also in th... |
| Date: | 02 17 1949 |
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| Description: | Waist-up portrait of Mrs. Betty Hanson, 2813 Atwood Avenue, first place winner in the weekly "What Happened?" contest sponsored by the "Wisconsin State Jou... |
| Date: | 02 16 1949 |
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| Description: | "Wisconsin State Journal" recipe contest winner Lea Gunderson holds a platter of her pineapple covered upside-down ham loaf. |
| Date: | 02 24 1949 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Alice Ferguson, director of home service for Madison Gas and Electric Company, will be the judge for the "Wisconsin State Journal's" fourth and final ... |
| Date: | 02 25 1949 |
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| Description: | Mrs. H.J. Ockerlander, 731 Copeland Street, first place winner of weekly contest, "What Happened?," published in the "Wisconsin State Journal." She won thr... |
| Date: | 03 14 1949 |
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| Description: | Mrs. L.G. (Edith) Trowbridge, winner of the blue ribbon in the Wisconsin State Journal recipe contest, is slicing a loaf of her winning entry, cinna... |
| Date: | 04 30 1949 |
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| Description: | Officials at the Badger Spelling Bee. Right to left: Mary Frances Boyd, master pronouncer, and three judges: Professor Lois Nemec, University of Wisconsin;... |
| Date: | 04 09 1949 |
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| Description: | A woman, possibly a Badger Spelling Bee judge, sits at a desk with an open book, paper, and pencil. A group of children sit behind her. |
| Date: | 11 26 1949 |
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| Description: | Mrs. LaVone Wipperfurth of 2526 E. Dayton Street receiving a $200 prize check from J.R. Warren, Milwaukee, branch manager of Pillsbury Mills. Mrs. Wipper... |
| Date: | 04 05 1950 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the winners of the American Legion Essay Contest, a school official, and officers of the American Legion Auxiliary. Seated, left to right... |
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