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Stuffing Musky at Musky Jamboree

Date: 08 09 1972
Description: Two elderly women are stuffing and tying a musky with string before cooking it. The women are wearing buttons with an image of a musky that reads: "I am a ...
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Marching Band

Date: 1968
Description: View from side of street towards a marching band playing as they march in formation down a street.
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Log Rolling at Lumberjack Days

Date: 1971
Description: Two young women are competing in logrolling. People watch from bleachers on a lawn in the background. One person is sitting and watching from a rowboat, an...
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Preparing Musky

Date: 08 09 1972
Description: Elevated view of four women setting up tables at the Musky Jamboree, preparing to cook and serve over one thousand pounds of musky. Men and boys are watchi...
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Threshing Demonstration at Steam Engine Days

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Description: Elevated view of a man standing on a hay wagon, lifting hay with a pitchfork to load it onto a steam engine powered thresher. A group of people are watchin...
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Penny-farthing

Date: 07 04 1969
Description: Side view of a woman riding a penny-farthing down the street during the Old Milwaukee Days annual circus parade. A crowd of people are sitting or standing ...
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Circus Wagon

Date: 07 04 1969
Description: A mother and a daughter are looking at a gold colored statue on a circus wagon during Old Milwaukee Days. The statue depicts Cinderella sitting in a chair ...
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Woman and Dog at Wilhelm Tell Festival

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Description: A woman carrying a basket over her arm and dressed in a Swiss dress is kneeling and posing with her Saint Bernard. A small wooden keg decorated with the Sw...
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Woman at the Wilhelm Tell Festival

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Description: A woman with her back turned is posing outdoors and showing the back of her Swiss costume. Her hat is decorated with pins.
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Stagecoach at Fort Dells

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Description: Slightly elevated view of four horses pulling a stagecoach through a puddle on a dirt road. A group of children and adults are sitting on top of the stagec...
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Fish Boil

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Description: A crowd of men, women, and children are watching as two pit fires heat two large pots in the foreground. Someone (out of frame) is spraying water from the ...
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Zoomobile

Date: 1967
Description: Children and adults are riding in the zoomobile. The driver is speaking through a microphone as they pass the bear enclosures.
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Giraffes at the Zoo

Date: 1967
Description: Children and adults are leaning against a railing watching a group of giraffes at the zoo.
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Elephants at the Zoo

Date: 1967
Description: Two women and five children are leaning on or sitting on a railing watching the elephants at the zoo.
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Aviary

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Description: Children and adults are observing the various birds, including flamingos, in the aviary at the Milwaukee County Zoo.
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Pool at Gordon Lodge

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Description: A woman in a bathing suit is standing on the edge of a swimming pool and taking a photograph of two children swimming.
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Beloit Tourist Center

Date: 1967
Description: View through a car windshield towards the Beloit tourist center. A family of four is walking towards the building. A phone booth is nearby on the left.
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Beloit Tourism Center

Date: 1967
Description: View of the Beloit Tourism Center. Women and children are walking to and from the building. A child is drinking from an outdoor water-fountain (bubbler) on...
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Inside the Beloit Tourism Center

Date: 1967
Description: A family is standing at the desk of a tourist center. A woman behind the counter is showing them a map. Behind the counter a man is reaching for another br...
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Information Desk

Date: 1967
Description: Two women and a man are standing behind the counter at the Beloit Tourism Center. The man is showing a family of four a brochure. Brochures and maps are on...

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