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Madison Soap Box Derby Officials

Date: 06 17 1949
Description: Group portrait of the officials for the 1949 Soap Box Derby. Left to right, seated: Sgt. Ed Roman, of the Marine recruiting station; Ralph Hult, president ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 24 1949
Description: Pierre Slightam (right), winner of the 11th annual Madison Soap Box Derby, is congratulated by Warren Jollymore, director of the Wisconsin State Journal...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Princess

Date: 07 23 1949
Description: Luanne Unbehaun of Richland Center is crowned Madison Soap Box Derby Princess by beauty queen Jackie Stafford. Looking on at right is Lee Baron of Baron's ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Winner

Date: 08 02 1950
Description: Larry Laverty of Mineral Point accepts a sports jacket as the prize for being the runner-up in Class B of the Madison Soap Box Derby. Presenting the jacket...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 24 1954
Description: Lois Langeteig, assistant librarian at The Wisconsin State Journal, gives a tee shirt and helmet to David Laverty, 11, of Mineral Point, Wisconsin. Each bo...
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Parade Float with Soap Box Derby Cars

Date: 08 1957
Description: "Stairway to a Champ" float in a parade. The float includes the five cars raced by Van Steiner of Argyle along with his helmets and trophies.

Van won the...

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Soap Box Derby Madison Parks Crew

Date: 07 15 1952
Description: Group portrait of the Madison park commission crew, responsible for the construction of the starting ramp and finish line platform for the Madison Soap Box...
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Madison Soap Box Derby, Car Construction

Date: 07 10 1948
Description: Yardman Don Hoffman helps Bill Morton pick out plywood for his soap box racer at C.C. Colling Lumber Yard on University Avenue.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Sponsors

Date: 05 27 1948
Description: Freddy Fleury, 14, of 210 N. Paterson Street, talks over plans for his 1948 Soap Box Derby racer with Master Sgt. Wilfred W. Wall at the U.S. Army & Air Fo...
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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 Winners

Date: 07 22 1951
Description: Five of the winners in the Soap Box Derby competition pose with their prizes. Left to right are Billy McFarland, Darlington, winner of the best upholstery ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 15 1954
Description: Larry Jacobson, the 1953 Madison Soap Box Derby champion, sitting in the Chevrolet Corvette which will carry him at the head of the 1954 parade. He is wear...
Historical Essay

1957 Soap Box Derby Racer

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
"Soap box" coaster car operated by Van Steiner in the All-American Soap Box Derby in 1957. (Museum object # 2009.56.1)
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 07 1950
Description: LeRoy Young, 1204 Lakeview Avenue, a Madison Soap Box contender, at the Hub Clothing Store, his sponsor for the race. Jim Schmitz, a store clerk, is showin...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 04 22 1947
Description: Micheal "Mickey" Lathers, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Lathers, Jr. (Gladys), 216 Virgina Terrace. Micheal is pointing to a sign in a window, "Register Here...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Prizes

Date: 05 20 1948
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...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Princess

Date: 08 16 1949
Description: Luanne Unbehaun of Richland Center is shown modeling the new clothes she selected at Baron's Department Store, 14-18 West Mifflin Street, as her gift for b...
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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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Madison Soap Box Derby Starting Ramp

Date: 07 28 1957
Description: Elevated view of Soap Box Derby staging area and starting line on 100 and 200 blocks of East Washington Avenue between South Butler and South Pinckney Stre...
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Madison Soap Box Derby, Car Construction

Date: 05 06 1948
Description: Roddy Botts, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Chellis Botts, shown adding a small piece of wood to the body of his 1948 racer. He had the most original design in the...

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