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| Date: | 06 17 1987 |
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| Description: | Kids smiling gleefully on the Tilt-a-Whirl carnival ride while workers manage the controls in the background on a sunny summer day. |
| 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. |
| 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 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... |
| Date: | 07 03 1912 |
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| Description: | Five men standing in a field with harvested wheat and straw. There is a rollercoaster in the background on the left. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Two men an International D-15 truck equipped with a calliope and carousel horses. The truck was owned by Consumers' Advertising Company of Chicago. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Walworth County Fair. A large crowd gathers around a carousel. |
| Date: | 09 26 1938 |
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| Description: | Men and women look on as people ride on the "Rocket" amusement ride at the Canadian National Exposition. The ride was owned by Miller Amusement Enterprises... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A man stands by to operate an amusement ride called the "Waltzer" at the Canadian National Exhibition. The ride was owned by Ideal Exposition Shows of Pete... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Two men aboard the Comet carnival ride, which is powered by International U-2 power units. Three men are standing on the ground near an industrial building... |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | A young boy inflates a balloon at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. Three people stand behind him near the "Merry Go Round" building, and in the backgro... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | The set up or take down of a Northern Wisconsin County Fair, showing men working on a Ferris wheel and large tents. There is a truck in the foreground and ... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Running for re-election for the first time, Congressman David R. Obey greets voters at the fair. A merry-go-round is in the background. Although unidentifi... |
| Date: | 02 27 1957 |
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| Description: | Four golfers with stand with their hands in their pockets while watching a fifth golfer, Frank (Moon) Molinaro power off a drive. The other four include, l... |
| Date: | 12 13 1947 |
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| Description: | Menu from the winter dinner of the Gridiron Club, with a "Where Do We Go from Here?" cartoon by Clifford K. Berryman of President Truman as each rider on a... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Advertisement from catalog featuring an illustration of the Jones Chain Mower, and a man using it in a field with a team of horses. Around the border are i... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 07 10 1965 |
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| Description: | Charles P. (Chappie) Fox, left, standing at the microphone, moderating the annual circus celebration parade in Baraboo. He is the Circus World Museum direc... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Mr. Collis Dell and Mr. Allen of the Brink's Company stand outdoors with the Brink's Express Money Truck. The Brink's streamlined money wagon created so mu... |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing. This drawing appeared in the Capitol Times on April 30, 1982 with the caption: "The opening of the state fishing se... |
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