Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: Subject of Fairs
Filter: Type of Postcard
| Date: | 09 05 1913 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Wisconsin's first air fatality was P.C. Davis, an exhibition pilot from Chicago, who died as a result of injuries sustained during an aerial performance in... |
| Date: | 1900 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Souvenir postcard from the Paris Exposition of 1900 in Paris, France, showing the "McCormick Building." |
| Date: | 1910 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Crowds on Front Street during Dodge County Fair day, circa 1910-1915. Caption reads: "Front St., on a Dodge Co. Fair Day." |
| Date: | 1948 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A crowd surrounds a 10-foot mechanical mannequin of Alice in Dairyland at an Alice display for the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. The Alice could raise h... |
| Date: | 1905 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View of field area with four buildings in the background. Caption reads: "Wausau Fair Grounds, Wausau, Wis." |
| Date: | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Photomontage of a man, wearing a bow tie and straw boater hat, sitting on top of a giant ear of corn. A crowd of onlookers gather around the man, suggestin... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of the county fair, including Ferris wheel and horse racetrack. Caption reads: "The World's Best County Fair, Beaver Dam, Wis." |
| Date: | 1964 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Print of a color drawing of the Wisconsin Pavilion in the New York World's Fair executed by the architect, John Steinmann. The rendering is of an elevated ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Colorized view of the grandstand at the Northern Wisconsin State Fair Grounds. Caption reads: "Northern Wisconsin State Fair Grounds, Chippewa Falls, Wis." |
| Date: | 09 1914 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of a small sample of "4000 cars" parked at the Great Fair. Caption reads: "Four Thousand Automobiles in 1914, The Great Fair, Elkhorn, Sept. ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of a community fair with tents set up for exhibits. Two buildings with signs are just beyond the tents on the midway, with signs that read, o... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | View of the race track and grandstand at the county fair. Men leading horses on the track. Caption reads: "Rusk County Fair, Ladysmith, Wis." |
| Date: | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of the fairgrounds during the fair. A food vendor is in the foreground and a crowd is gathered there. Caption reads: "View of the Manitowoc C... |
| Date: | 1910 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Text on front reads: "Prizewinners, Rusk Co. Wis. Fair." Slightly elevated view of cattle lined up with their owners during a competition at the County Fai... |
| Date: | 1907 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Text on front reads: "Seymour Fair 1907." The grandstand at a fair is full of spectators, with horses, buggies and automobiles parked on the infield in the... |
| Date: | 1907 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Text on front reads: "Seymour Fair 1907." Elevated view of fairgoers at the grounds with horses, buggies and automobiles. An exhibit building is on the lef... |
| Date: | 1907 |
|---|---|
| Description: | The grandstand at a fair full of spectators, and a line of people standing in the foreground at the edge of the track. |
| Date: | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Text on front reads: "Spring Green Fair." A parade through a town on an unpaved road. A horse-drawn buggy is decorated with "Erin Go Bragh" flags and folia... |
| Date: | 11 19 1908 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Text on front reads: "North view of Grand Stand at Inter County Fair, Spring Green, Wis." Two women are walking on the track in the foreground. In the back... |
| Date: | 07 27 1914 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Text on front reads: "Stock Fair Day, Stevens Point, Wis." Elevated view of eople, horse-drawn sleds, piles of hay and wood fill the square for Stock Fair ... |
If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.
Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: