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| 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. |
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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. |
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| Description: | A man is sitting in the front seat of a railroad car in a small railroad train made for children, which is riding along a track in a wooded area with a bui... |
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| Description: | Small girl seated on a horse with man standing nearby, both wearing hats. A steam-powered carousel is on the right, and the steam engine can be seen on the... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Walworth County Fair. A large crowd gathers around a carousel. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of elevated view of the midway of the Chicago World's Fair from the Ferris wheel. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Stereograph through a Ferris wheel at the Chicago World's Fair. The sensation of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago was the Ferris wheel, the... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Stereograph over rooftops of the Ferris wheel at the Chicago World's Fair. |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Kiddyland at Playland. The area features miniature amusement park rides for smaller children, including a miniature Ferris wheel and a boa... |
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| Description: | A pavilion stands at the gates of an amusement park. A tent, fence, and roller coaster appear in the background. |
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| Description: | A carousel, aeroplane, penny arcade, and other rides stand inside an amusement park. There is a lawn at the center of the image and people surround the amu... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Stereograph over rooftops towards the Ferris wheel at the Chicago World's Fair. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Stereograph through a Ferris wheel at the Chicago World's Fair. The sensation of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago was the Ferris wheel, the... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of elevated view of the midway of the Chicago World's Fair from the Ferris wheel. |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | A teenage boy caught looking directly at the photographer while riding an amusement park ride at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition midway in the early ev... |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a "Pronto-Dog" stand at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition staffed by three people. Behind the stand is an amusement park ride. |
| Date: | 07 2014 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 06 1961 |
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| Description: | A young girl is enjoying a carnival ride at Peppermint Park. She is probably a daughter of Lewis Arms. |
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