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| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | A group of people dressed up in medieval-style clothing. |
| Date: | 07 29 1934 |
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| Description: | Children dressed as "balloon man," "Violet and Daisy, Siamese twins," "African bushman" and "Humpty Dumpty" for Kiddie Camp Fair. |
| 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: | 08 09 1942 |
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| Description: | Two couples in Hungarian costumes, one man holding a scythe (kasza), admiring a sheaf of wheat in a wheat field. The twig tied to the scythe in a triangle ... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Four women in Swiss costume, three of whom are holding flags, at the Wilhelm Tell Festival. |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A clown entertains three women at a Civilian Defense Rally, two of whom are wearing bonnets and matching dresses. Booths behind the women read "Variety Sto... |
| 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: | Two men wearing costumes as a part of a Civilian Defense Rally. The man on the left is wearing a straw hat, seersucker jacket, corsage, with a cane hanging... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | Young boys and girls participate in a "Childrens Bathing Beauty Contest" at a Civilian Defense Rally. Women are standing around the children. The winners, ... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A mock shotgun wedding at a Civilian Defense Rally, with a solider marrying a woman with a man dressed as a country priest presiding. |
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| Description: | A portrait of four Lithuanian women in costumes for the World's Fair in 1939. |
| Date: | 08 08 2008 |
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| Description: | Two young girls, with hair curls, look into tent at Irishfest. |
| Date: | 08 08 2008 |
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| Description: | Young dancers preparing to take the stage at Irishfest stand outside near a tent. |
| Date: | 10 2007 |
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| Description: | Kathy Vehrenkamp, Mrs. Oktoberfest 1991, walking down the sidewalk in costume and proudly displaying her ribbon. |
| Date: | 10 2007 |
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| Description: | Two women (Frauleins) in costume posing for a picture at Oktoberfest. |
| Date: | 10 15 1935 |
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| Description: | Women ride on a parade float on the bed of an International C-line truck during Egg Day at the Western Washington Fair. Two men are riding inside the cab o... |
| Date: | 10 24 1957 |
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| Description: | Hi-jinks ensue as J.J. Hyman (Emporium), center, is held up by Edward Hobbins (American Exchange Bank),left, wearing cat mask, and Bonnie Riley (Emporium),... |
| Date: | 10 25 1957 |
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| Description: | Four employes of Baron Brothers posing wearing paper hats. They include (from left): Jesse Fillmore, Joyce Taylor, Jerry Nestley, and Jim Holdorf. |
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