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Description: | State Fair barker announcing side show attractions to a crowd of children, featuring "Midget City, the World's Tiniest Entertainers" and "Baby Thelma, 619 ... |
Date: | 1928 |
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Description: | Charles Lindbergh's airplane, "Spirit of St. Louis," while visiting Madison. |
Date: | 1928 |
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Description: | The landing of the "Spirit of St. Louis," carrying Charles Lindbergh. |
Date: | 1928 |
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Description: | The "Spirit of St. Louis," flown by Charles Lindbergh, was the first airplane to fly non-stop from New York to Paris in 1927. Lindbergh returned to Madison... |
Date: | 1928 |
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Description: | View from stands of crowd gathered for the arrival of Charles Lindbergh and his famed airplane the "Spirit of St. Louis". |
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Description: | Large crowd looking at the damaged Christopher Columbus cruise vessel at dock. Constructed in 1893, the Christopher Columbus was the only pas... |
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Description: | The bow of sidewheel excursion, "Saint Paul," at shore. Passengers are on all three decks. Sign on bow reads: "St. Louis, Dubuque, St. Paul." Later named t... |
Date: | 09 11 1955 |
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Description: | The crowd at "Air Progress Day," an air show sponsored by the Waukesha Aviation Club. |
Date: | 1906 |
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Description: | Elevated view of crowds milling around attractions on a sunny day at the Sauk County Fair. Sideshows and concessions are on the left, and an oval dirt raci... |
Date: | 1877 |
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Description: | Stereograph of a very large number of judges standing crowded at the very small end of a pier in Devil's Lake. The occasion is the Grand Regatta held June ... |
Date: | 1877 |
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Description: | Women in hats in foreground, with railroad tracks below and sign that says, "Look out for the cars," and "While the bell rings the whistle blows." Very lik... |
Date: | 1878 |
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Description: | Swimming in the lake with the Cliff House in background. Cliff House was a resort hotel built shortly after 1872, when Devil's Lake was reached by rail. Bo... |
Date: | 1877 |
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Description: | "The Grand Regatta, at Devil's Lake, June 21st & 22nd, 1877." Spectators sit on the railroad bed at Devil's Lake. |
Date: | 1877 |
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Description: | "The Grand Regatta, at Devil's Lake, June 21st & 22nd, 1877." A stereograph showing spectators gathered behind the starter's cannon on Devil's Lake. |
Date: | 06 28 1865 |
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Description: | The Great Fair held at Milwaukee for the benefit of the Wisconsin Soldiers Home. The 130x130 foot building was constructed especially for the ten-day fair.... |
Date: | 07 26 1947 |
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Description: | Crowd and officials watch Soap Box Derby contestants at the finish line on East Gorham Street. |
Date: | 05 29 1948 |
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Description: | A large crowd gathered around a bandstand on Capitol Square watching a band playing at the Wisconsin State Centennial celebration. |
Date: | 11 1947 |
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Description: | People are standing in the middle of a flock of turkeys at the Frank Lyons Turkey Farm, Verona. |
Date: | 10 08 1947 |
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Description: | Football players run down the field followed by a referee at the Wisconsin-Iowa football game. The stands are crowded with fans. |
Date: | 10 30 1949 |
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Description: | Ceremony for laying the cornerstone of the Beth Israel temple. Included in the crowd watching the ceremony are (left to right): A.J. Rosenburg, chairman o... |
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