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| Date: | 10 1912 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of drivers making last minute adjustments to their automobiles at the start of the Milwaukee Grand Prize race (later called the Amer... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | A Wright Model B Flyer at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. Although unidentified, this is believed to be the aircraft that Farnum Fish flew at the fairgrou... |
| Date: | 09 03 1953 |
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| Description: | Mary Ellen Jenks, the 1953 Alice in Dairyland from Chippewa Falls, rides in the official convertible provided for Alice by Hult's in Madison. She is waving... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Harness racers are shown in action at the Wisconsin State Fair Park, with an audience watching from the grandstand. |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | View overlooking crowd of Allis-Chalmers employees on strike. |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | The History Building at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. The building was one of several new buildings, all of a modern, forward looking design, comple... |
| Date: | 10 1912 |
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| Description: | A solitary open car races past the grandstands at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of an automobile race at the state fairgrounds, with the crowd in the foreground. Cars are parked in the infield. |
| Date: | 10 05 1912 |
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| Description: | Photojournalist Fred Wagner covered the 1912 Milwaukee Grand Prize automobile race (later called the American Grand Prix) from Farnum Fish's airplane. The ... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | The main entrance to the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds at 81st Street and Greenfield Avenue, with special gates for pedestrians and teams. A trolley stop was... |
| Date: | 10 02 1912 |
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| Description: | African American heavyweight boxing champion, Jack Johnson, drove up to Milwaukee from his home in Chicago to watch the Vanderbilt Cup race on October 2, 1... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Midway area of the Wisconsin State Fair, showing a truck advertising peanuts at 5 cents in the center background. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | The blimp of the Goodyear Tire Company hovers above the carnival area of the Wisconsin State Fair, tethered to the ground with ropes. The fairgoers, howev... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Opening ceremonies for a Work Progress Administration (WPA) exhibit at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 08 21 1940 |
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| Description: | An airplane is pulling a banner reading: "Heil says repeal oleo tax" over the Wisconsin State Fair on Governor's Day. |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | View from road of crowd of people walking towards the entrance to the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition on Greenfield Avenue. |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Oxen and prairie schooner owned by Charles Ward, Wisconsin Dells, on display for a passing crowd at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | A crowd of people outside of the Wisconsin At Work Building at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition at the State Fair Park. A blimp emblazoned with the word... |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | A man surrounded by a small crowd waves from the seat of an automobile in front of the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition grandstand. |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | View from behind of crowd at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition grandstand watching motorcycles line up before a race. In the background are tents as well... |
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