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| Description: | Five Mennonite children walking down the middle of the road after a fishing trip. |
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| Description: | Group of racers bank around a turn on a velodrome track. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | A crowd surrounds a man as he stands atop a tree trunk swinging his axe in a woodchopping contest. |
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| Description: | Polo horses take graceful strides as two players vie to hit the ball at Joy Farms. |
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| Description: | A woman dressed to play golf smiles as a bucket of golf balls is spilled at her feet. This is one of several demonstrations of strobe light functions at F... |
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| Description: | A man dressed in a football uniform demonstrates the art of drop-kicking the football. This is one of several demonstrations of strobe light functions at ... |
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| Description: | A bartender behind the bar is reflected in the mirror of a cigarette machine, while men drink beer and play cards in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Midway area of the Wisconsin State Fair, showing a truck advertising peanuts at 5 cents in the center background. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | The blimp of the Goodyear Tire Company hovers above the carnival area of the Wisconsin State Fair, tethered to the ground with ropes. The fairgoers, howev... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | A young accordionist plays a solo for the crowd at the Wisconsin State Fair, while another young player watches. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Audience at the Wisconsin State Fair, probably watching the children's pony races. One mother holds her daughter in her arms so that she can see better. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Midway performer (left) at the Wisconsin State Fair and an audience, primarily boys and men listening to an unseen speaker. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | A costumed young woman who danced as part of the Carioca Revue stands on a stage in the midway of the Wisconsin State Fair, perhaps waiting to perform. |
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| Description: | Omar Crocker, a University of Wisconsin-Madison boxer, smiles as he sits in the corner of a boxing ring, wearing his gloves. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | An unidentified man is posing outdoors wearing a straw hat, long-sleeved shirt and slacks, with a bark basket worn as a backpack. He is carrying a tackle b... |
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