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Photograph

Tilt-a-Whirl

Date: 06 17 1987
Description: Kids smiling gleefully on the Tilt-a-Whirl carnival ride while workers manage the controls in the background on a sunny summer day.
Photograph

Light Show at the Fair

Date: 07 26 1966
Description: Several young people pause behind the fence to look at a midway ride in action at the Washington County Junior Fair.
Photograph

World Food Fair

Date: 09 18 1967
Description: Ferris wheels and agricultural machinery are some of the things that attract fair-goers at the World Food Fair.
Painting

The County Fair

Date: 
Description: Painting of a county fair, depicting a grandstand, harnass racing, a ferris wheel and merry-go-round typical of the event. The fair gave farmers an opportu...
Photograph

View From Top — Governor Warren Knowles

Date: 08 12 1967
Description: A smiling Governor Knowles surveys the Wisconsin State Fairground from the top of the giant Ferris Wheel on the fair's midway. He spent the day at the Stat...
Poster

"Amor libre" (Free Love) Film Poster

Date: 1969
Description: Argentine film poster. Photographic image of a man standing behind a woman who is sitting on a carousel horse. His hand is resting on her shoulder. Around ...
Photograph

"The Crowd" Production Still

Date: 1928
Description: Production still from the 1928 film "The Crowd." Two cameramen are sitting on a wooden slide behind a small camera. People are sitting at the top of the sl...

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