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Photograph

Harness Racing at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1953
Description: Harness racers are shown in action at the Wisconsin State Fair Park, with an audience watching from the grandstand.
Photograph

Harness Racers Neck and Neck

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Description: Five harness racing horses, sulkies, and drivers race around the Wisconsin State Fair track as an audience watches from the grandstand.
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Harness Racing at Washington Park

Date: 07 12 1914
Description: Crowds at the race course watching harness racing in Washington Park. There are three racers, and a crowd of spectators is sitting in the grandstands, on t...
Photograph

Horse Track at Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A KRNT radio broadcaster sitting on a platform above a horse track at the Iowa State Fair as another man on the right is filming the race for television. A...
Photograph

Racetrack Audience at Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A large crowd sits in stadium-style bleachers to watch a horse race at the Iowa State Fair.
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International U-2 Power Unit at Saratoga Race Track

Date: 1947
Description: Several workers at Saratoga Race Track use an International power unit to power a sand sifter.
Painting

The County Fair

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Description: Painting of a county fair, depicting a grandstand, harnass racing, a ferris wheel and merry-go-round typical of the event. The fair gave farmers an opportu...
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Villa Louis

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Description: View across field towards Villa Louis, with a white fence in the middle ground and a race track in the foreground.

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