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Kaminski at the State Fairgrounds

Date: 1912
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...
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Home Built Heath

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Description: Carl, Robert, and Ray Breecher at work on their modified parasol Heath airplane. After months of hard work, the plane was completely destroyed during a tes...
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Home Built Pietenpol

Date: 06 15 1934
Description: A home built Pietenpol buit by members of the Waukesha Aviation Club after its initial flight. They are Chet Wolt, Jack Leeman, Dean Crites, and Bob Lathro...
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Football Player on Scale

Date: 11 24 1944
Description: A football player standing on a scale.
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Walworth County Fair

Date: 1913
Description: Elevated view of the Walworth County Fair. A large crowd gathers around a carousel.
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Robert Bloch and Milt Gelman: Ball in Mouth

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Description: One of a series of humorous photographs of a billiards match Gauer was trying to market to a magazine. Eventually sold to Cheers magazine.
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Heart of the Hills Walking Club

Date: 1926
Description: Members and guests of the Heart of the Hills Walking Club pose on a bluff near Devil's Lake. H.E. Cole stands second from right.
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Wisconsin Worker's Alliance Float

Date: 05 01 1938
Description: The Wisconsin Worker's Alliance May Day parade float. The float has three workers on it with tools and signs read "Roosevelt's Recovery Program: Never More...
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Milwaukee's Greatest May Day Parade

Date: 05 01 1938
Description: Side view of a car parked at curb decorated to participate in the May Day parade. The car has two large megaphones mounted on top and a banner that reads, ...
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Company Unions Memorial Float

Date: 05 01 1938
Description: May Day parade with a closeup of a "memorial" float for company unions. A man leans on the parked float. The float features a faux grave and the gravestone...
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Cranberry Display Booth

Date: 1936
Description: Cranberry exhibit at the Wisconsin State Fair. The display features crates of cranberries, a section of cranberry bog, cranberry products, and signs promot...
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Men Returning after Hunt

Date: 1910
Description: In her journal from Sudan, Carrie describes a tiger hunt which occurred while she was visiting a village. The tiger had been preying on livestock for a cou...
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Men watching Cock Fight

Date: 1910
Description: In her journal from India, Carrie mentions cock fights, describing them as a "barbaric form of entertainment". Here is shown a group of men watching one su...
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Children in Pool in China

Date: 1910
Description: Four children standing waist-deep in a cement pool. Around the pool men and a young child, all wearing head wraps, stand or sit on the cement wall surround...
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Tiger Trap

Date: 1910
Description: During her visit to Sudan, Carrie describes a tiger hunt. The men of the village built large wooden traps for the tiger, seen here with men posed around it...
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Tiger after Hunt

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of men who have taken the tiger out of the trap. In her journal from Sudan, Carrie describes a tiger hunt which occurred while she was visit...
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Men with Tapirs

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of men after a hunt. The man on the left is carrying a Tapir and the man next to him is holding a baby Tapir. Four of the men are holding ro...
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Firemen's Parade

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of motorized fire trucks, horse-drawn fire trucks, automobiles and water wagons gathered on East Washington Avenue. All the vehicles are acco...
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A Hammock Outing

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Description: A group of people gathered on and around hammocks in a wooded area. Three women are sitting in a hammock on the left, and on the right three boys are sitti...
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Western Canoe Association Members

Date: 1894
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Western Canoe Association members lounging in front of their tent camp. They are all wearing caps or hats. Near the center of the...

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