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| Description: | Driver's side view of an International Scout SS-II on a racetrack. In the background are spectators watching the race from behind a fence. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Brochure advertising the 1955 Wisconsin State Fair featuring images of several fair attractions. |
| Date: | 07 1983 |
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| Description: | View from the stands of an automobile race at Road America near Elkhart Lake. Large striped tents are in the background on the right. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Two youths are sitting in what appears to be a homemade racecar on a residential street. There is a 1913 license plate on the front of the car. A house is ... |
| Date: | 06 29 1989 |
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| Description: | Two boys and a man are looking into the cockpit of a race car. Caption reads: "A CLOSE LOOK — David Berner (left), 11, of West Allis, and Jay Gmeindl, 9, o... |
| Date: | 06 11 1952 |
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| Description: | Bobby Bing, son of Mr. and Mrs. R.H. (Mary) Bing, 4306 Tokay Blvd, works on his car for the Soap Box Derby. Watching him are his two younger sisters, Gay,... |
| Date: | 05 29 1952 |
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| Description: | Three newspaper carriers riding in Studebaker duplicate of the official pace car for the Indianapolis 500 mile race in front of the buses that took one hun... |
| Date: | 04 18 1952 |
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| Description: | Boys gathered at a meeting that "kicked off" the 1952 Soap Box Derby that is sponsored by the "Wisconsin State Journal" and Hult's Chevrolet. |
| Date: | 07 23 1949 |
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| Description: | View from behind of a soap box racer in the starting gate at the top of the E. Gorham Street hill between N. Butler and N. Pinckney Streets. A man with a f... |
| Date: | 07 23 1949 |
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| Description: | Two racers streak down the soap box derby track on E. Gorham Street as a large crowd watches from behind a fence along the sidewalk. |
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| Description: | Race car built by Ideal Body Company on a trailer parked in front of the Ideal Body Company shop on Park Street. |
| Date: | 07 1954 |
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| Description: | Fritz Ragatz waiting in line to race his WMTV-sponsored car on Midvale Avenue at the Madison soap box derby. |
| Date: | 08 04 1951 |
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| Description: | Madison Soap Box Derby champion, 15-year-old Roddy Botts (second from left), with his family mapping the route they will take on their motor trip to the na... |
| Date: | 07 19 1936 |
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| Description: | Madison Soap Box Derby winner Eldon Raemisch receiving the M.E. Coyle trophy. The race was held on Wilson Street. |
| Date: | 08 1957 |
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| Description: | "Welcome Champ" sign for Van Steiner of Argyle, Wisconsin on the main street of Akron. In 1957 Van competed in the All-American Soap Box Derby at Derby Dow... |
| Date: | 08 1957 |
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| 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. &... |
| Date: | 07 19 1953 |
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| Description: | Madison Soap Box Derby winner Larry Jacobson accepting his trophy from Ralph A. Hult of Hult's Capital Garage. The derby took place on Midvale Boulevard. |
| Date: | 07 24 1954 |
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| Description: | Soap Box Derby cars being inspected the day before the race at Hult's Capital Garage at 608 E. Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 07 25 1954 |
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| Description: | Madison Soap Box Derby winner Phil Peckham accepting his trophy on Midvale Boulevard. |
| Date: | 07 22 1951 |
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| Description: | Soap Box Derby starting line at 140 East Gorham Street. |
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