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| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | The Department of Agriculture's Cheese promotion booth at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. The booth urges consumers to "Serve Wisconsin Dated Cheese."... |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Fair employees use a crane to position a version of the Forward statue that was the symbol of the 1948 Wisconsin Centennial Exposition and State Fair. |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | A woman in a uniform places a lei of orchids around Margaret McGuire's neck as she accepts the role of Centennial Queen on a stage at the Wisconsin Centenn... |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | View from road of crowd of people walking towards the entrance to the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition on Greenfield Avenue. |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | A young boy and young girl feed a fawn from a nippled bottle at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | A man films a family as they sit at a picnic table and eat lunch at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Two men sheering sheep on a stage surrounded by a crowd of fair-goers, possibly in a competition at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | A young boy and girl are eating popcorn from a box. They are standing next to the snack counter at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | A man and two young children, a boy and a girl, ride an amusement park ride at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. Behind them written on the wall of a bu... |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | A man surrounded by a small crowd waves from the seat of an automobile in front of the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition grandstand. |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Crowded midway at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. Signs above booths read "Circus Candy," "Cigarettes," "Snow Balls," "Souvenirs," "Guess?" and "Aqua ... |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Close-up of a young girl at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition eating cotton candy. There is a string of lights in the background. |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | A crowd walking the grounds of the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition in the early evening. An electric sign on the right says "Terrel Jacobs Wild Animal Circ... |
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