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| Date: | 07 25 1954 |
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| Description: | Some of the crowd watching the 1954 Madison soap box derby, including the Wilbert Rung family of Madison. |
| Date: | 07 16 1956 |
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| Description: | A group of rooters attends a Madison Boys Baseball Program game. |
| Date: | 02 07 1951 |
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| Description: | Charles Hopkins, a former Madison Central High School athlete, boxes in the all-university tournament at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House. |
| Date: | 11 12 1955 |
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| Description: | Drum major, Stan Stitgen, in front of the University of Wisconsin-Madison marching band at the Wisconsin - Illinois football game in Camp Randall Stadium. |
| Date: | 07 25 1954 |
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| Description: | Racer Ken Johnson of Mineral Point waits for the starting signal from city recreation director Glenn Pat Holmes at the 1954 Madison soap box derby. |
| Date: | 03 15 1957 |
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| Description: | Madison West faces off with Fort Atkinson during the State High School Basketball Tournament. |
| Date: | 01 05 1958 |
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| Description: | The scorer raises his arms to show that Penny Dittman of Madison has scored a goal in an ice hockey game against Mosinee at Vilas Park. |
| Date: | 03 16 1951 |
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| Description: | Four Madison West players consult with their coach during a Friday evening game at the WIAA state high school basketball tournament. |
| Date: | 03 14 1957 |
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| Description: | Action shot of three cheerleaders at the State Basketball Tournament at the UW Fieldhouse. Semi-final teams were Madison West vs. Milwaukee North; Ft. Atki... |
| Date: | 05 06 1950 |
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| Description: | Ronny Halter of Cambridge High School spurts across the finish line ahead of Sun Prairie's Eugene Feuling in the 550-yard dash event of the Madison Suburb... |
| Date: | 07 28 1957 |
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| Description: | The car and driver that won the Madison Soap Box Derby in 1957 at the starting line. The car is called "Phillipson Garage" and the driver is Van Steiner of... |
| Date: | 04 11 1959 |
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| Description: | Runners clear hurdles in the Class B 70-yard low hurdles during the Madison West Relays at the Camp Randall Memorial building. The winner was Karl Hecker o... |
| Date: | 05 15 1959 |
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| Description: | Finish of the 100-yard dash at the Big Eight Conference track meet. Left to right are: Bill Smith of Madison East, third; Al Epstein of Kenosha, second; an... |
| Date: | 02 01 1952 |
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| Description: | Billy Marshall of the Madison West boys' basketball team (35 at right), is shown making the second of his two field goals in the Madison West and Central H... |
| Date: | 02 01 1952 |
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| Description: | Mike Nelson (24 white) of Madison Central High boys' basketball team, at center, is shown making his only basket during the Madison West and Central High S... |
| Date: | 02 12 1954 |
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| Description: | Dick Trainor of Madison (left) lands a left punch on his opponent, Everett (Butch) Chambers of Tomah, during the all-university boxing finals at the Univer... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | A player attempts a shot at the Wisconsin State high school basketball tournament, held in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House. |
| Date: | 01 10 1951 |
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| Description: | A crowd watches UW Madison boxers Dave Miyagawa of Spreckelsville, Hawaii, and opponent Carrol Sternberg of Milwaukee during a boxing bout. |
| Date: | 03 08 1952 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin's Paul Morrow (41) scoring a basket against Illinois in their basketball game at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House. |
| Date: | 02 15 1954 |
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| Description: | Paul Morrow (#54) scores for Wisconsin against Minnesota during their Big-Ten basketball game at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House. |
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