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People at Racetrack

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Description: Racetrack crowded with people.
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Motorcycle Races

Date: 1914
Description: Elevated view of crowd and observation tower at motorcycle races at the Dane County Fairgrounds. Men on raised platform are judging the races.
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Sauk County Fair

Date: 1906
Description: Visitors to the Sauk County Fair walk by sideshow attractions and concession stands while others stand and converse. The "Grand Electric Palace," a "$10,0...
Postcard

Scene at Vilas Park Zoo

Date: 1915
Description: Early souvenir postcard of the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo), with a camel in the foreground. Caption reads: "Scene at Vilas Park Zoo, Madison, Wis."
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A Roller Coaster

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Description: View of an amusement park featuring a roller coaster, a dwelling with a porch on the right, a pavilion, and a fence. Several people stand along the fence.
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State Fair Grounds, Oklahoma

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Description: View of the State Fair Grounds featuring a race track and a crowd seated in the grandstands.
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Sulky Racing

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Description: Horses harnessed to sulkies pass the judge's stand at Goshen Historic Track as spectators look on from the grandstand and sidelines. Goshen Historic Track ...
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St. Ann's Tennis Court

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Description: Four uniformed female students play tennis on a fenced-in tennis court at St. Ann's school. The court is surrounded by trees, a pavilion, and buildings ar...
Postcard

Butternut Lake Hotel

Date: 09 29 1910
Description: Photographic postcard view of the Butternut Lake Hotel. The road, fence, trees and screened gazebo are in the center. A man is standing among the trees nea...
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City Park

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Description: A pathway through a park. There is a playground on the right, and a boy is nearby on what appears to be a shoreline. A pavilion is beyond trees on the left...
Document

Schlitz Park Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Schlitz Park Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with halftone views of the park gateway and a two-story open-air pavilion with an overlook,...
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Children Playing on Fallen Tree

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Description: View across open field towards children standing on a downed tree near the racetrack. There are buildings, a fence and a pavilion behind the tree.
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Homestead Act Applicants Waiting in Line

Date: 12 18 1890
Description: Elevated view looking down at homestead applicants waiting in line for 2-3 days in winter cold before a window in the Marathon County Court House, Dec. 18-...
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Apiary Tent Display

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Description: Three men and a boy standing outside a tent with a sign reading "Apiary." Beekeeping supplies, including hives and frames are displayed inside and outside ...
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George Washington's Mount Vernon Gardens

Date: 1950
Description: View of the lower gardens at George Washington's Mount Vernon. Two gardeners are tending to the flowers along the path that leads to an outdoor pavilion.
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Sid in his Backyard

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Description: View across lawn towards Sid, standing and wearing a Japanese kimono and near the large arch, the Japanese Tea Pavilion and other lantern sculptures in his...
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Street View of Town

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Description: View down center of unpaved street. Commercial buildings are on both sides, and a group of men, one with a bicycle, are standing on the sidewalk on the lef...

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