Date: | 1893 |
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Description: | Elevated view of the Ferris wheel and midway at the Columbian Exposition, viewed from Hotel Epworth. |
Date: | 1893 |
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Description: | Elevated view of the Columbian Exposition; from the midway looking east from the Ferris wheel. |
Date: | 1893 |
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Description: | Elevated view of the Columbian Exposition, looking through the Ferris wheel. |
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Description: | View from a stone bridge towards Vilas Park, with children riding the carousel (merry-go-round) and a kiddie train adjacent to the lagoon. |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Cyanotype print of Winnequah on Lake Monona with small buildings and three platforms for swings. A note on the back of the print reads: "The high swing was... |
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Description: | Meinhardt Raabe, dressed as Little Oscar, on an amusement park airplane ride. |
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Description: | Meinhardt Raabe, dressed as Little Oscar, on an amusement park boat ride. |
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Description: | Crowds jam the midway at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
Date: | 08 20 1952 |
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Description: | Boys wave from the passenger cars of Uncle Bob's train, while a crowd watches the amusement park ride at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
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Description: | Young children ride a small roller coaster at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
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Description: | Crowds wandering among the amusement rides at the Wisconsin State Fair. In the background is the ride known as the "Rocket Bomber." |
Date: | 1920 |
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Description: | Elevated view of crowds strolling through the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. In the background is a Ferris wheel, and a banner encouraging fair goers to "tal... |
Date: | 1951 |
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Description: | Fairgoers ride a tractor-drawn passenger wagon at the Fair. In the background is the Sky King roller coaster. |
Date: | 1905 |
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Description: | Exhibits of farm equipment and the gasoline engines that would have powered some of them at the Wisconsin State Fair. A Ferris wheel is visible in the back... |
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Description: | View of a crowd on the beach. The amusement park "The Pike" can be seen in the background, which was home to The Jack Rabbit Racer, which at the time was t... |
Date: | 08 01 1944 |
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Description: | The Tilt-a-Whirl ride at the Madison East Side Festival, scene of an accident in which a teenage girl, Lois Bailey, suffered injuries after being thrown fr... |
Date: | 08 01 1944 |
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Description: | John J. Walsh, Madison attorney-at-law, standing next to the Tilt-a-Whirl ride at the Madison East Side Festival, the scene of an accident in which a teena... |
Date: | 08 01 1944 |
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Description: | Photograph of Lois Bailey, who was thrown from the Tilt-a-Whirl ride at the Madison East Side Festival, suffering injuries to her face and head. |
Date: | 08 06 1944 |
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Description: | Five speakers at the Gisholt Machine Company picnic, taken at the Blooming Grove carnival grounds. Left to right: Marion "Red" Borland, president of Gishol... |
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