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| 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: | Wooden walkway leading to covered outdoor platform with tables and benches, and to a building beyond. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the Artesian Well near the intersection of Wisconsin and Minnesota (later renamed Wacouta) Streets. The following is printed on the back of ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowd gathered on the beach at Atlantic City to watch a Curtiss airplane being pushed on an inclined ramp leading to the boardwalk. |
| Date: | 07 1910 |
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| Description: | Walter Brookins, a boyhood friend of the Wright Brothers, flying a Wright airplane over the ocean at Atlantic City. Brookins set numerous records for altit... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Ringling Brothers circus wagons, horses, and tents, with the Chicago skyline in the background. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | A group of over twenty-six Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus elephants, standing on their rear legs with front legs resting on the elephant ahead. ... |
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| Description: | A long string of circus elephants parades single file down a metropolitan street lined on both sides by huge crowds of people. |
| Date: | 04 04 1934 |
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| Description: | Three rings of the Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus are shown being set up for a performance in New York's Madison Square Garden. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Two men sit in a two-wheeled buggy hooked up to zebras, next to a fence near the Ring Barn on the left (which is still standing), with several male spectat... |
| Date: | 08 23 1901 |
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| Description: | The stage and surrounding posters of Professor Oscar John Schendel's "All Star Vaudeville, Big Three-Ringed Circus, and Mammoth Menagerie." |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the Artesian Well near the intersection of Wisconsin and Minnesota (later renamed Wacouta) Streets. The following is printed on the backside... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowds milling around attractions on a sunny day at the Sauk County Fair. Sideshows and concessions are on the left, and an oval dirt raci... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | "Mineral spring pavilion with visitors taking the waters." Seven adults, including a man in a top hat, five children and a woman are posing in a gazebo bui... |
| Date: | 07 20 1970 |
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| Description: | Packer fans, despite bad weather, wait in line Sunday outside The Milwaukee Journal Company building to wait for Monday's football ticket sale. First in li... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowds strolling through the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. In the background is a Ferris wheel, and a banner encouraging fair goers to "tal... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | An architect's model of Fort Dells. This is not an accurate historical reconstruction, but was built as a tourist attraction. There was never an actual for... |
| Date: | 09 01 1921 |
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| Description: | Crowd of individuals at the Wisconsin State Fair, with a view of the Colosseum in the background. |
| Date: | 09 01 1921 |
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| Description: | Crowds of people walking, with amusement rides in the backround. Presumably the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 09 01 1921 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the State Fair and surrounding neighborhood. |
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