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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | In her journal from India, Carrie mentions cock fights, describing them as a "barbaric form of entertainment". Here is shown a group of men watching one su... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Four men wearing head wraps posing in a wide-legged stance. A group of people stand behind a fence in the left background watching. Carrie describes in her... |
| Date: | 07 1954 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of clowns standing beside and on a car decorated with the Zor Shriners logo. On the front of the car a large horn labeled "Zor Shrine" is mo... |
| Date: | 07 01 1965 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of George Parisi and Henry Turville, Lions club members, setting up a fireworks fund barrel at Vilas Park to collect donations for the annual... |
| Date: | 07 10 1965 |
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| Description: | A Madison Knights of Columbus clown wheeling his unicycle along the parade route during the annual circus celebration parade in Baraboo. |
| Date: | 08 04 1965 |
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| Description: | A clown performing on a bicycle at the Knights of Columbus Funfest at Breese Stevens field. The event is a fund raiser for the benefit of crippled and hand... |
| Date: | 07 22 1965 |
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| Description: | Gene Clark is dressed in clown attire for a press preview of the 16th Annual Championship Rodeo at the Holmes No-Oaks Ranch. Proceeds from the rodeo go to ... |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Juggler Truly Remarkable Loon with partner performing on the Capitol lawn at the Equinox Festival. |
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| Description: | Group of clowns riding in a car after the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Williamson Street. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A man dressed as a clown is standing next to a young boy at Circus World Museum. The boy is sitting on the side of a circus wagon. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A clown on stilts is pointing towards the left. Behind him a crowd of people are standing in a line. Two circus wagons are behind the crowd, one an animal ... |
| Date: | 08 09 1972 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a crowd of people standing or sitting on the side of a road. Many of them are sitting on the back of their cars. A truck, decorated in pin... |
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| Description: | Group of lumberjacks entertaining themselves in camp by tossing a man in the air using a blanket. The man in the foreground with his back to the camera is ... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Group of seven men posing in clown costumes and holding musical instruments. A drum on a wheeled cart has a cartoon representation of a clown, and is label... |
| Date: | 07 14 1954 |
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| Description: | City Clerk A.W. Barels (left), City Attorney Harold Hanson, and Alderman Norman Moll are shown singing at Alderwoman Ethel Brown's picnic. |
| Date: | 08 24 1954 |
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| Description: | Roundy is surrounded by children who put on and participated in a neighborhood carnival fund raiser held at the Marv Wellentin home at 210 Breese Terrace. ... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across State Street towards several buildings on the 100 block. On the far left next to Dyers Shoes is Collector's Shop Stamps and Coins. The next bui... |
| Date: | 05 04 1957 |
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| Description: | Four Zor Shrine clowns entertain young girl Mary Farmiloe during the annual spring ceremonial at the Masonic Temple. The clowns are (left to right): Tom Ro... |
| Date: | 08 07 1957 |
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| Description: | Happy faces of adults and children in the audience crowd at the Shrine-Knights of Columbus benefit show at Breese Stevens Field. |
| Date: | 08 07 1957 |
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| Description: | Bandleader Monty Hacker dressed in a clown suit and with smiling makeup on his face at the Shrine-Knights of Columbus benefit show at Breese Stevens Field.... |
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