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| 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... |
| Date: | 10 1912 |
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| Description: | Driver David Bruce-Brown and mechanic Tony Scudelari pose in their race car. Although they had been warned that their tires appeared worn, on October 1, 19... |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Exhibit in the Transportation Building at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition, which included this model from the U.S. Public Roads Association. The model ... |
| 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: | 1952 |
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| Description: | The driver of the wienermobile finds the entrance to the Oscar Mayer tent at the Wisconsin State Fair too low for it to get in. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | The Fruits and Flowers Building at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Capitol Theatre building at 7239 W. Greenfield Avenue, Grimsrud shoe store, and surrounding commercial buildings. |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Looking west from S. 73rd Street at the Capitol Theatre and surrounding commercial buildings along W. Greenfield Avenue. Automobiles are parked on both sid... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Opening ceremonies for a Work Progress Administration (WPA) exhibit at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Ornamental street lighting system along a street in a local business district. House on corner is near a sign that says "Lot for Sale." |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Ornamental street lighting system in a residential district. Street sign on corner reads "W. Hayes Ave." Newly planted young trees are along the terraces n... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | View down road of overhead lighting equipment of the T.M.E.R. and L. Company, which, at the time had a proposal to be replaced by more modern lighting. Th... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Overhead light suspended over a road, hanging from wires. A car is parked at the corner, and billboards are in the distance. Railroad cars and railroad tr... |
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