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| 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: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Pabst Whitefish Bay Resort on the shores of Lake Michigan, with crowds of individuals walking up the numerous paths that lead to the resor... |
| Date: | 08 31 1948 |
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| Description: | Madison Labor officials riding on a tiny train at the 6-day Labor Festival at Olbrich Park. |
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| Description: | A man is sitting in the front seat of a railroad car in a small railroad train made for children, which is riding along a track in a wooded area with a bui... |
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| Description: | People gather around a bench in front of Casino Amusement Park. A roller coaster, pavilion, and ticket booth stand behind them. |
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| Description: | View of the Coney Island Amusement Park featuring a large garden and lawn, a roller coaster, a windmill, several buildings and amusements, and crowds of pe... |
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| Description: | A carousel, aeroplane, penny arcade, and other rides stand inside an amusement park. There is a lawn at the center of the image and people surround the amu... |
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| Description: | View from the inner track of a car and buggy race at a local fair. Crowds sit in the covered grandstand and a band sits at the ready on the sidelines. A Fe... |
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| Description: | Men and women sit inside a row of four Ford Model T's in the parking lot at a fair in Wisconsin. Many of the men wear straw boater hats. Carnival rides, in... |
| Date: | 08 12 1967 |
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| Description: | A smiling Governor Knowles surveys the Wisconsin State Fairground from the top of the giant Ferris Wheel on the fair's midway. He spent the day at the Stat... |
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| Description: | View of a miniature train with children and their parents as passengers at Springbank Park, founded in the late nineteenth century. |
| 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... |
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| Description: | Outdoor view of several children riding a carousel underneath a large canvas awning on a lawn under trees. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of street lined with merchandise stalls, a merry-go-round and a Ferris wheel set up for the Harvest Festival. A large crowd of people is in l... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 07 2014 |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards a woman standing behind a fence at the base of the Ferris wheel waiting for customers at the La Fete de Marquette Festival. |
| Date: | 06 19 1925 |
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| Description: | Line drawing of a truck at a fairground. A delivery man is carrying a case of soft drinks, and a boy is standing on the left and watching him. In the backg... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of two boys riding a ski lift high above a crowd of people and a stage below them a the bottom of a hill. The crowd is waiting for the musica... |
| Date: | 06 07 1958 |
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| Description: | Workmen painting the merry-go-round at the Vilas Park Zoo. |
| Date: | 06 21 1958 |
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| Description: | Attending the grand opening of the Vilas Park merry-go-round are, (L-R): Lawrence H. Fitzpatrick, Wisconsin State Journal managing editor; Robert C.... |
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