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| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Fairgoers ride a tractor-drawn passenger wagon at the Fair. In the background is the Sky King roller coaster. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of an automobile race at the state fairgrounds, with the crowd in the foreground. Cars are parked in the infield. |
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| Description: | Entrance to "Camp Ammon," the Boy Scout camp at the Wisconsin State Fair. The camp was named for the director of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture. |
| Date: | 08 30 1954 |
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| Description: | The pit crew signals their driver that his vehicle is exhibiting tire trouble and that he should come in for servicing. |
| Date: | 07 27 1949 |
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| Description: | Number 34N, the Harley Davidson, leads during a qualifying heat during the 15-Mile National Race at the State Fair Grounds. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Automobiles drive past the grandstand at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds as they prepare for the beginning of the race. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Snapshot of preparations for an automobile race at the Milwaukee State Fair taken by Edward Maurer of La Crosse, an amateur photographer, from his seat in ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Cattle barns at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 10 05 1912 |
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| Description: | Photojournalist Fred Wagner covered the 1912 Milwaukee Grand Prize automobile race (later called the American Grand Prix) from Farnum Fish's airplane. The ... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | The main entrance to the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds at 81st Street and Greenfield Avenue, with special gates for pedestrians and teams. A trolley stop was... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Farm wagon display area at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Fair employees use a crane to position a version of the Forward statue that was the symbol of the 1948 Wisconsin Centennial Exposition and State Fair. |
| Date: | 09 13 1919 |
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| Description: | Two open cars, a Deusenberg and a Hudson, race around a curve at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds track, spewing dust behind them. The Milwaukee Mile track ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | East door of the Livestock Judging Pavilion at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Exhibits of farm equipment and the gasoline engines that would have powered some of them at the Wisconsin State Fair. A Ferris wheel is visible in the back... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks toward the buildings of the North Western railroad depot. A man is standing on the platform. Caption reads: "Northwestern Depot... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. office building. Caption reads: "Office Building, Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co., West Allis, Wis." |
| Date: | 10 02 1912 |
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| Description: | African American heavyweight boxing champion, Jack Johnson, drove up to Milwaukee from his home in Chicago to watch the Vanderbilt Cup race on October 2, 1... |
| Date: | 10 05 1912 |
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| Description: | A wrecked automobile, which crashed during the 1912 Milwaukee Grand Prize Race (later called the American Grand Prix); possibly car #35, in which driver Ra... |
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