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| Date: | 1990 |
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| Description: | Young contestants are at their marks for a miniature tractor race. |
| Date: | 08 06 1952 |
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| Description: | Clowns surround Mayor George Forster, sitting the the driver's seat of a car, during the Knights of Columbus Shrine Softball Circus event. |
| Date: | 08 06 1952 |
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| Description: | A youngster "sneaking in" to see the Knights of Columbus Shrine Softball Circus. A clowning police officer greets him and makes his "admittance" good. |
| Date: | 11 09 1934 |
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| Description: | Adele Nelson's Dancing Elephants. Three elephants (one with a dog standing on top of it) stand at the side of an International truck. There is a large barn... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with a clown holding three balloons that have "BOMB" painted on them, one in his left hand and two in a basket held in his right hand. A sign ... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Circus performers posed in front of the Wisconsin Historical Society, then known as the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 08 12 1953 |
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| Description: | Two clowns wearing polka-dotted costumes are cavorting in front of crowded bleachers at Breese Stevens Field. The staged slow-pitch softball game was in it... |
| Date: | 10 22 1953 |
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| Description: | Connie Platz (left) and Betsy Graham practice their dancing act for the variety show sponsored by the Order of Rainbow for Girls to be held at the Masonic ... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | The Wisconsin veterans homes and hospitals regularly enjoyed entertainment provided the Madison Elks via Ben Bergor's entertainment agency. The performance... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Beatrice Houdini presenting the Houdini Award Album to Ben Bergor, a Madison magician. The award was made annually by the Houdini Club of Wisconsin to... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a crowd watching a diver who has launched himself from a high ladder supported by guy wires. The railing around a small pool is visible on... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Ben Goldenberger and his sister Olivia face each other over a small table. There is a menorah on the bookcase in the background. Ben would later change his... |
| Date: | 06 26 1954 |
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| Description: | Winkie, the elephant from Vilas Park Zoo, is led by her keepers from indoor winter quarters to her large outdoor elephant yard. This is the 4th annual "com... |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | A crowd watches a young man throwing a baton into the air at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. Behind him is the "Alice In Dairyland" building, featurin... |
| Date: | 06 26 1954 |
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| Description: | Shown watching Winkie the Vilas Park Zoo elephant (not shown), are Victoria Italiana (left) and the Harold Phillips family. Mom is holding son Alan and Dad... |
| Date: | 07 11 1954 |
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| Description: | Frank Wheeler of Muscoda, a 103-year-old member of the Zor Shrine Temple, takes a camel ride during the annual Camels' Day at Vilas Zoo. The event was spon... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of a water slide at Mirror Lake State Park. A woman rides down the slide into the lake, and a few people stand on the platform behind h... |
| Date: | 09 25 1956 |
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| Description: | LeRoy Luberg, assistant to University of Wisconsin president E.B. Fred, and Jesse Briese of Madison take part in a skit during the Club Clinic, a program f... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of parade with a band of clowns. One young boy dressed as a clown at the front is holding the American flag, and another clown holds a sign t... |
| Date: | 01 23 1957 |
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| Description: | Six Jewish husbands dressed as female Hawaiian dancers in wigs and grass skirts posing for the camera. The husbands were part of a presentation at the annu... |
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