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| View a large gallery of Wisconsin residents playing: bowling, dancing, curling, sailing, skateboarding, skating, skiing and snowmobiling. |
| Madison's Soap Box Derby |
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| Learn about the history of Madison's Soap Box Derby, a popular racing sport amongst young boys nation-wide in the early to mid-1900s. |
| Photographs from the Apostle Islands |
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| Learn about the history of the Apostle Islands in the northnmost part of Wisconsin, a popular summer refuge for tourists and residents. |
| Circus images from the 1860s to the 1960s. |
| Wisconsin's Camp Craft Camp for Girls, 1930-1955 |
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| This gallery shares more than 100 images from a northern Wisconsin summer camp for girls that operated between 1930 and 1955. |
| View the online collection of Photo Copy Service photographs taken in Madison from the 1920s through 1960s. |
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