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| Description: | State Fair barker announcing side show attractions to a crowd of children, featuring "Midget City, the World's Tiniest Entertainers" and "Baby Thelma, 619 ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A crowd, including Evaline, Nellie and Harriet Bennett, looking at large banner advertisements for moving pictures. Moving picture subjects include fire fi... |
| Date: | 08 27 1933 |
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| Description: | Fauerbach and Blatz beer signs at the concession stand at the Dane County fair. The signs read: "Fauerback Beer Served Here Exclusively!" and Blatz Brewing... |
| Date: | 08 22 1929 |
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| Description: | A man standing in the Madison Roofing Company booth at the Dane County Fair displaying various samples of roofing materials. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster for the Fast Hitch features a cartoon of men performing the "nationally famous Fast-Hitch square dance" on Farmall tractors. A photograp... |
| Date: | 06 1924 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising the first annual Spring Festival and Entertainment event held on June 14, 1924 by the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). There is an ima... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Front and back of an advertising folder produced by the D.M. Osborne Company, manufacturers of agricultural machinery. Features illustrations of a young gi... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Advertisements and displays for the International Harvester Mogul 8-16 tractor announcing its plowing demonstration inside the "fair grounds". A man is sit... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A small crowd outside a large tent that adverstises "Reaper Motion Pictures." The tent is likely part of an International Harvester exhibit at a fair or ag... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Several people get off a school bus used to transport fairgoers from downtown Des Moines to the Iowa State Fair. The sign on the side of the bus reads: 'Fi... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | A couple looks at the McCormick-Deering display of cream separators and milking machines at the Iowa State Fair. The display text reads: "Newest Star in th... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a group of Nebraska State fairgoers gathered in the International Harvester tent to watch a film. Advertising pennants hang from the tent'... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | Three people in costume behind a table. There is a man wearing a false beard a hat, holding a jug with three x's on it, a woman wearing a polka-dot blouse ... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | The Dogpathers booth, surrounded by a crowd of children. Text on the banners and other signs read: "Kickapoo Juice Penny Pitch" "Greendale Dogpathers Cause... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A man with a gunny sack swung over his shoulder is dressed as a hillbilly with a wig and a fake beard. Next to him stands a man dressed as a preacher, and ... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A man orders a beer from the outdoor bar at a Civil Defense Rally. The banners on the booth read "Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer On Draft" and "Greendale Civilian ... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A man wearing a hat and tie holds tickets he just purchased for use at a Civilian Defense Rally. A child stands to his right leaning on the ticket counter.... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A man stands behind a booth in a tent at the Indiana State Fair. The booth is outfitted with a microphone and telephone. A poster on the front of the booth... |
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| Description: | Two men stand in front of a booth sponsored by the Congress of Industrial Organizations at a fair. In addition to displays on farmer-labor solidarity and v... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Sign outside the Wisconsin Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair advertising a steak house, a beer garden, and the world's largest cheese. A portion of the pav... |
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