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Coaching Party Departing for Scottish Games

Date: 08 31 1909
Description: A coaching party of festively clad men, women, and children departing for the Annual Scottish Games sponsored by the St. Andrews Society. Some participants...
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Juggler at United Automobile Workers Dance

Date: 09 06 1947
Description: Juggler performing at the Harvest Festival Dance sponsored by Local 75, United Automobile Workers (Seaman Body Company), State Fair Park.
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Banner Event

Date: 09 06 1988
Description: A woman overlooks the Labor-at-the-Lakefront festival next to a banner that reads "Buy Union," "Buy Made in USA," and "Keep the Heart of America Beating."
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Preparing for Scout-O-Rama

Date: 04 16 1958
Description: Boy Scouts lash together lengths of wood as they put up an exhibit about pioneering for Scout-O-Rama.
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Friendly Persuasion

Date: 08 06 1987
Description: Two women coax a stubborn calf at the State Fair.
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Alice in Dairyland, Mary Ellen Jenks

Date: 08 26 1953
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Mary Ellen Jenks, stands with a cow on a float representing the Golden Guernsey Dairy Co-op in the Dairy Parade at the Wisconsin State ...
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Brookfield Days Roller Coaster

Date: 06 23 1983
Description: Aimee Weiss(left), 10, and Darby Cusick, 11, both of Elm Grove, take a spin Thursday on one of the rides at Wirth Park.
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Soggy but Fun

Date: 08 03 1981
Description: Despite rain and fog, people turned out to enjoy a street festival sponsored by the Guadalupe Center at 239 W. Washington Street in Milwaukee. There were e...
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Hungarian Wheat Festival

Date: 08 09 1942
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 ...
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Entrance to the Wisconsin State Fair

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Description: People milling about between a trolley car and the main entrance to the State Fair Park.
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Wisconsin State Fair Tractor Exhibit

Date: 09 12 1935
Description: A crowd of spectators looks at a McCormick Farmall tractor on display at the Wisconsin State Fair. The tractor is an F-12.
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Vegetable Display, Milwaukee County 4-H Fair

Date: 07 24 1983
Description: Tammy Meiller, 16, of the Blue Eagles 4-H Club, looks over a display of vegetables in the Milwaukee County 4-H Fair at the Mayfair Mall Shopping Center.
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Tents at the Fair

Date: 09 01 1921
Description: Numerous tents with farm machinery and technology with the colosseum in the background, presumably the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Crowds at the Fair

Date: 09 01 1921
Description: Crowds of individuals at the fair, presumable the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Large Crowd at the Fair

Date: 09 01 1920
Description: Crowds of individuals at the fair, presumably the Wisconsin State Fair.
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State Fair

Date: 09 01 1921
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin State Fair looking west from the top of the grandstand. Amusement rides and pavilions visible with individuals walking.
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Dairy Parade Float

Date: 1946
Description: International Harvester reaper float, the first prize winner in the Wisconsin State Fair dairy parade. The text on the float reads: "Working Replica of the...
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International Harvester Display at Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: International Harvester Company displays its products under a tent at the Wisconsin State Fair. The text on the sign reads: "Equipment Display Courtesy Sha...
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Cream Separator Display

Date: 1932
Description: Cardboard cutouts of a man and a girl with a doll demonstrate the use of a cream separator. Cans of oil are arranged nearby. The display may have been part...
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Wisconsin State Fair Exhibit

Date: 1932
Description: A cow standing on a platform is used to demonstrate a McCormick-Deering milker in the International Harvester tent at the Wisconsin State Fair. A display ...

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