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| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | An unidentified student among a group of men getting a lesson in a Curtiss plane at Rudolph Silverston's Milwaukee School and College of Aviation. Caption ... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | John Kaminski and his Curtiss pusher were scheduled to fly at the 1912 Wisconsin State Fairgrounds in Milwaukee, along with several other Curtiss aviators ... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | John Kaminski (who can barely be seen here in his Lincoln Beachey checkered cap), his mechanic, and onlookers attempting to ready his Curtiss pusher for fl... |
| Date: | 09 03 1953 |
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| Description: | Mary Ellen Jenks, the 1953 Alice in Dairyland from Chippewa Falls, rides in the official convertible provided for Alice by Hult's in Madison. She is waving... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of four lanes of cars arriving at the Wisconsin State Fair's Main Gate. They are being directed by parking lot attendants. |
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| Description: | Four female bakers are holding up large trays laden with fresh cream puffs at a State Fair midway concession stand, while an eager crowd stands waiting in ... |
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| Description: | A crowd watches as boys try to steer their pigs with canes during judging in a pen at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Senator William Proxmire shakes hands with constituents at the Wisconsin State Fair while eating an ear of corn. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A WPA program on the State Fair Grounds. The workers have dug a long trench, and the project probably concerns improved sanitary facilities for the fair, a... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Looking every bit his age (82), Governor Walter S. Goodland arrives at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
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| Description: | A group of African American children drinking from water fountains, or bubblers as they are frequently known in Milwaukee, at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
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| Description: | Two weary fairgoers catch a nap on a convenient bench at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A Jersey herd being lined up for the judges at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A farmer shows off his percheron colt at the Wisconsin State Fair. At the turn of the century when a farmer's livelihood was dependent on his horses, the d... |
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| Description: | Pawling and Harnischfeger traveling electric monorail hoist carrying a piece of equipment at the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. There's an operator in th... |
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| Description: | Pawling & Harnischfeger 5-ton special wall crane carrying a metal ladle below a type "AN" bridge crane with a suspended operators cab. The cranes are at th... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Pawling & Harnischfeger 40-ton bridge crane with a 10-ton 2 block type "A" trolley and two hooks. The crane is located at the West Allis Works. The crane i... |
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| Description: | Men work on a huge, metal water wheel at Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company. |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Julia, the cook, on the rolling machine pulled by a team of horses wearing fly-nets. She is wearing a full-length dress and holding a whip in her right han... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Several adults, two children and a dog enjoying a pond at Bracken Brae, the country home of John Johnston (1836-1904), a successful Milwaukee banker. Hilda... |
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