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| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Mandan Indians engaged in archery competition (Plate 24). "The meeting represented here is something like that of an Archery Club in the civilized world,... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Two young boys and their prize-winning ducks at the 1955 Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 04 18 1944 |
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| Description: | Group of boys gather around a frog at a frog jumping contest. |
| Date: | 04 18 1944 |
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| Description: | Frog jumping contest showing Jim Brandenburg, 4134 Hiawatha Drive, coaching his frog "Rebel" on to victory. |
| Date: | 06 17 1945 |
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| Description: | Onlookers near a pond at the Retriever Dog Field Trials in Vilas Park. James Simpson, Jr., of Chicago, one of the judges, has his hand upraised to signal; ... |
| Date: | 06 17 1945 |
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| Description: | From the newspaper caption: Tony Bonovich's [dog,] "Nigger of Upham" won the Derby retriever trial Sunday [June 17, 1945] in Vilas Park. He is shown here w... |
| Date: | 07 24 1947 |
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| Description: | Dane County Judge Fred Evans inspecting Pierre Slightam's racer, the Doodlebug, in his role as chief judge for the Derby. A dog is standing nearby. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Three men look at the first-prize bull in a pen at the Iowa State Fair. The original caption reads: "John Minish(?), North English, Iowa. 1st prize jr. yea... |
| Date: | 07 02 1950 |
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| Description: | The Badger Kennel Club sponsored an essay contest on "Why I Should Own A Dog" and awarded purebred Cocker Spaniel puppies to winner Janice Emanuel and runn... |
| Date: | 10 05 1912 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowd around horses during livestock judging. In the background are fields, a road, power lines, and in the far distance along the horizon... |
| Date: | 10 05 1912 |
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| Description: | Men standing in a field holding horses by their bridles. One man is in a horse-drawn carriage. In the background on the far side of the field is a crowd ne... |
| Date: | 12 16 1951 |
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| Description: | At left, Lynn Hazelbaker is shown demonstrating the winning entry of the Madison Youth Council's rat bait box building contest built by Edward Ripp, age 14... |
| Date: | 02 18 1952 |
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| Description: | Shelia O'Neil (left), a finalist in the University of Wisconsin Prom Queen contest, holds up a fish (yellow perch) as part of her "Fishing for Votes" campa... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A boy wearing a straw hat, cuffed overalls, and sneakers sits on a wooden crate while holding a prize-winning rooster. A ribbon rests on the boy's leg read... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over crowd of a horse pulling contest at a county fair. A man is sitting on the back of a truck bed driving two horses on what appears to be ... |
| Date: | 01 17 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Oscar Dary at a fish weighing station. |
| Date: | 04 01 1908 |
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| Description: | A crowd gathers in a downtown street while a dog team exits for the race to Candle and back. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Two horses pull a pickup truck for an audience. "Dynamometer" is written on the back of the truck. |
| Date: | 11 04 1958 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Charles Carthright of Oregon was named the winner of "Parade Magazine's" election year contest to name the Republican elephant. Her winning entry was ... |
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| Description: | The measure of solitude fades in the ripples and there are more prizes than there are fish |
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