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The Ferris Wheel

Date: 07 2014
Description: View across lawn towards a woman standing behind a fence at the base of the Ferris wheel waiting for customers at the La Fete de Marquette Festival.
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Enjoying the Ride

Date: 06 22 1978
Description: A boy enjoying an amusement ride on swings at the East Side Businessmen's Club carnival at Milwaukee Street and Fair Oaks Avenue. Other riders, carnival-go...
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Peppermint Park

Date: 06 1961
Description: A young girl is enjoying a carnival ride at Peppermint Park. She is probably a daughter of Lewis Arms.
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Arms Sisters at Peppermint Park

Date: 06 1961
Description: Mamie and Rita Arms, daughters of Lewis Arms, sharing a midway ride at Peppermint Park.
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"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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Truck at Fairgrounds

Date: 06 19 1925
Description: Line drawing of a truck at a fairground. A delivery man is carrying a case of soft drinks, and a boy is standing on the left and watching him. In the backg...
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Tilt-A-Whirl

Date: 1968
Description: Four girls are sitting in a tilt-a-whirl amusement ride. In the background people are riding on a Ferris wheel.
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Ski Lift During the "Song of Norway"

Date: 1967
Description: Elevated view of two boys riding a ski lift high above a crowd of people and a stage below them a the bottom of a hill. The crowd is waiting for the musica...
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Play Space: Vilas Park Merry-Go-Round Horses

Date: 02 27 1958
Description: Horses from the Vilas Park merry-go-round are being checked before returning to summer use by Angelo Traino (left), a city parks department employee, and J...
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Painting the Vilas Zoo Merry-Go-Round

Date: 06 07 1958
Description: Workmen painting the merry-go-round at the Vilas Park Zoo.
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Vilas Park Merry-Go-Round Grand Opening

Date: 06 21 1958
Description: Attending the grand opening of the Vilas Park merry-go-round are, (L-R): Lawrence H. Fitzpatrick, Wisconsin State Journal managing editor; Robert C....
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Vilas Park Merry-Go-Round Grand Opening

Date: 06 21 1958
Description: Professor Ray S. Owen, 5807 Winnequah Road (L), and Alderman Harrison L. Garner, Madison 13th Ward (R), enjoying a ride on the Vilas Park merry-go-round du...
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Vilas Park Merry-Go-Round Grand Opening

Date: 06 21 1958
Description: An unidentified boy enjoying his first ride on the new Vilas Park merry-go-round during the merry-go-round's grand opening.
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Vilas Park Merry-Go-Round Grand Opening

Date: 06 21 1958
Description: Madison Park Superintendent James G. Marshall throwing the switch to turn on the new Vilas Park merry-go-round. Show (L-R) with Marshall are park crew memb...
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We Saw You . . . at New Carousel

Date: 06 21 1958
Description: Children and parents waiting their turn to ride the new Vilas Park merry-go-round during the grand-opening event for the ride on June 21, 1958. In the back...
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We Saw You . . . at New Carousel

Date: 06 21 1958
Description: Children ride horses on the new merry-go-round at Vilas Park. The grand opening for the merry-go-round occurred on June 21, 1958.
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Children Walk Their Cows at the Dane County Junior Fair

Date: 07 17 1958
Description: Slightly elevated view of children parading their cows at the Dane County Junior Fair. Judy Hurlbut (15), Route 2, Verona, won the grand championship steer...
Postcard

The Pike, "Wonderland" Milwaukee

Date: 1906
Description: Tinted postcard showing crowds of people standing in and near shops. Behind the shops is a roller coaster. Caption reads: "The Pike, 'Wonderland' Milwaukee...
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Miskego [Muskego] Beach

Date: 07 20 1925
Description: View towards groups of people riding in carts as part of an amusement park ride. Two boys in the foreground are standing and watching at the perimeter of t...
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Bird's Eye View of Wonderland

Date: 1905
Description: Text on front reads: "Bird's Eye View of Wonderland." This amusement park had many names over 34 years, and was called Wonderland from 1905 to 1909. It was...

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