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College Teacher Protest

Date: 12 04 1970
Description: Elevated view of college teachers, non-tenured, at UW-Parkside protesting the decision to not renew their contracts.
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Moving Pictures at Inter-County Fair

Date: 1905
Description: A crowd, including Evaline, Nellie and Harriet Bennett, looking at large banner advertisements for moving pictures. Moving picture subjects include fire fi...
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Inter-County Fair Attraction

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Description: A crowd is standing in front of a tent advertised as the "Temple of Music."
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Crowd at Indiana State Fair

Date: 1931
Description: Slightly elevated view of a large crowd gathered around two men handing out souvenir International Harvester yardsticks at the Indiana State Fair.
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Ray-O-Vac Building

Date: 11 30 1945
Description: Ray-O-Vac building on the 2300 block of Winnebago Street. Office building and several cars. Snow is on the ground. The sign near the door in the center of ...
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Dixiana Parade

Date: 08 21 1930
Description: Automobiles, and the Esther Beach Band on back of a truck, in a parade on the 300 block of East Johnson Street promoting the movie "Dixiana."
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Capitol Square Parade

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Description: Snapshot by Madison butcher Earl Omen of elephants parading past the Monona Avenue gate of the third Wisconsin State Capitol.
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The Sauk County Fair

Date: 1906
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...
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Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1920
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...
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Wisconsin State Centennial Celebration

Date: 05 29 1948
Description: View of the set up for the reviewing and bandstands of the Wisconsin State Centennial celebrations on the corner of Monona Avenue and Main Street of the Ca...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Finish Line

Date: 07 24 1955
Description: The Soap Box Derby held on East Washington Avenue leading from the Wisconsin State Capitol. Shown are two of the more than 100 racers crossing the finish l...
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Tractor Exhibit

Date: 1919
Description: Two men look over a tractor called the Indiana, while behind them a group gathers in front of a large Illinois Master Drive 3-4 Plow Tractor of America ten...
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International Harvester Company Parade

Date: 1921
Description: Three Model G-61 trucks are decorated for an International Harvester parade. A group of men, women and children sit in the middle car waving American flags...
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Amusement Rides at the Fair

Date: 09 01 1921
Description: Crowds of people walking, with amusement rides in the backround. Presumably the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Ohio State Fair Entrance Display

Date: 1929
Description: A Farmall Regular tractor and an Internatioanl Six-Speed Special truck stand on elevated platforms on either side of an entrance to the Ohio State Fair.
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Farmall at the Tri-State Fair in Iowa

Date: 08 22 1929
Description: A crowd of spectators gathers around a Farmall Regular tractor on display at the Tri-State Fair.
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Cassville Campgrounds

Date: 1905
Description: Children and adults at picnic campground owned by Gus Klindt near Cassville.
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Dining Tent

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Description: The Trinity M.E. Church Dining Hall set in a tent in a field near other tents. Two banners advertise the dining hall, and a chalkboard on the right lists t...
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Traveling Medicine Show

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Description: A group of people posed among tents, probably a traveling medicine show. On the table in the foreground, a contortionist is visible. A banner above a stage...
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Bascom Hall

Date: 1928
Description: Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) from State Historical Society terrace on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. There is a part of a banner at the bo...

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