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Excursion Boat at the Wisconsin Dells

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Description: The Alexander Mitchell excursion boat with passengers.
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Air Show Winner

Date: 05 06 1934
Description: Pilot Orland G. Corben accepts the winner's trophy at the Kroger Air Show in Madison from Kroger Manager D.V. McPeek. Also in the photograph is Tommy Hain...
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Flying Santa

Date: 11 20 1966
Description: As a crowd of onlookers watch, Santa Claus alights from his special holiday helicopter with the help of an aide at Southgate Shopping Center.
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Waiting in line for Circus Tickets

Date: 1903
Description: People stand in line to purchase tickets at a Barnum & Bailey Circus ticket wagon near the main tent.
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Circus Elephants on Parade

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Description: A long string of circus elephants parades single file down a metropolitan street lined on both sides by huge crowds of people.
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University Circus

Date: 12 15 1913
Description: A horse-drawn wagon, filled with University of Wisconsin students dressed as clowns, proceeds along a Madison street as part of a parade. Spectators line ...
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Light Show at the Fair

Date: 07 26 1966
Description: Several young people pause behind the fence to look at a midway ride in action at the Washington County Junior Fair.
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V-J Day Celebration

Date: 08 15 1945
Description: Elevated view of a mass of cars turning from North Pinckney Street onto East Mifflin Street on the Capitol Square celebrating V-J Day, August 15, the day o...
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Bus Passengers

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Description: Interior view of passengers riding a Madison City Railway Company bus.
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Packer Player Signing Autograph

Date: 1995
Description: Green Bay Packer player (possibly Bob Kuberski) sitting on a young boy's bicycle and signing a notebook in the parking lot of Lambeau Field.
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Marion Park Club House

Date: 1906
Description: The land and house were donated to the village. The club house is still in use (1964) as a publicaly owned building for recreation and meetings. Image show...
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Crowd of People with Flag near Bridge

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Description: Crowd of people carrying a flag leaving town over the bridge, possibly heading toward the railroad depot.
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Wisconsin-Illinois Football Game

Date: 10 20 1945
Description: Man in a wheelchair on the sidelines of the Wisconsin-Illinois football game at Camp Randall Stadium. He is possibly Robert Butts, the founder of the annua...
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Parade of Automobiles

Date: 1913
Description: A slightly elevated view of a parade? of cars driving down a street as onlookers are standing by.
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Children on Parade Float

Date: 1900
Description: Group of children seated on horse-drawn parade float covered in American flags. They are preceeded by a cart with musicians, and are followed by two women ...
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Fourth of July Industrial Parade

Date: 07 1886
Description: Intersection of 4th and Steele Streets facing east. The building in the lower right is the Knipfer building, now Algoma Mercantile. Bunting adorns the Boed...
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Open Air Movie Show

Date: 1930
Description: A group gathers to watch an International Harvester film projected from the bed of a pickup truck.
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Crowd on Street Corner

Date: 1912
Description: A large crowd of women, children, and men standing on sidewalk and curb. They are probably waiting for the trolley. Many of the people are carrying package...
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Carriages at the Milwaukee Journal Building

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Description: Heavy touring carriages unload passengers in front of the Milwaukee Journal newspaper building. A crowd is gathered, along with a few musicians and ...
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Crowd on a Wharf

Date: 05 29 1894
Description: A crowd of people gathered on a wharf with boats in the foreground.

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