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| Date: | 02 10 1934 |
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| Description: | A Civil Works Service employee with a check and equivalent in groceries. |
| Date: | 12 26 1982 |
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| Description: | A Target retail store is flooded with customers returning Christmas gifts. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | The Wright Flyer of Farnum Fish being pushed into position for a demonstration flight at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Farnum Fish, the California-born "boy aviator," about to take off in his two-seat Wright Model B during a flying exhibition at the Wisconsin State Fairgrou... |
| 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: | 08 30 1954 |
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| Description: | Mary Ellen McCabe, 1954 Alice in Dairyland, enters State Fair Park in her official convertible, escorted by police officers on Harley-Davidson motorcycles ... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Alice in Dairyland, Doris Olsen, holds a cream puff, always a favorite Wisconsin State Fair treat, as she talks with two bakers at the fair. |
| 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... |
| Date: | 08 16 1964 |
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| Description: | Beth Bartosh of Burlington, the 1964 Alice in Dairyland, walks along the grounds of the Wisconsin State Fair, accompanied by a large group of people, incl... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Beverly Steffen, the 1952 Alice in Dairyland, poses with Harley Davidson motorcyle racers and crew at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
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| Description: | A man hoses off a bovine participant at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
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| Description: | Jimmy Chan of Columbus, Ohio, expert motorcycle racer, sits astride his motorcycle, No. 16, wearing a Harley Davidson jersey and racing gear at Wisconsin S... |
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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: | Ten motorcycle racers line up abreast on the track at the Wisconsin State Fair Park. A group of spectators watches from the stands. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Fair-goers stand in line to enter the W.P.A. Exhibit tent at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 08 20 1952 |
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| Description: | Boys wave from the passenger cars of Uncle Bob's train, while a crowd watches the amusement park ride 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... |
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