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Ainsley Hippe and Champion Guernsey Calf

Date: 08 25 1931
Description: Portrait of Ainsley Hippe, Edgerton, and champion Guernsey heifer at the Dane County fair.
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Blaney Farms 4-H Booth

Date: 07 30 1948
Description: Blaney Farms 4-H booth with display: "Fight Weed Thieves." Three young women and one young man are shown with a display of farm products. They are all hold...
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Madison Saddle Club Horse Show

Date: 07 03 1952
Description: Betty Lou Thronson rides a horse named Randi-Ru.
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Dane County Junior Fair

Date: 07 26 1952
Description: Blue ribbon winners at the Dane County Junior Fair are Nancy Smith, left, Basco, and Julia Kirch, Mt. Horeb, wearing the dresses they made and modeled.
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Dane County Junior Fair

Date: 07 26 1952
Description: Olson youth with his calf at the Dane County Junior Fair.
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Dane County Junior Fair — Style Review

Date: 07 25 1953
Description: Mona Osmundson, blue ribbon winner in preliminary judging at the Senior Style Review at the Dane County Junior Fair.
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Dane County Junior Fair and Horse Show

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Description: A group of teenagers lounge about on bales of hay in a barn at the Dane County Junior Fair and Horse Show. Cows are resting nearby on the right.
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Checking Dane County Fair Entries

Date: 07 15 1959
Description: Food entries at the 1959 Dane County Junior Fair total 1,650 including 76 loaves of bread. Shown examining a loaf of bread are, (left to right): Ilene Ball...
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Checking Dane County Fair Entries

Date: 07 15 1959
Description: Awaiting cookie judging results at the 1959 Dane County Junior Fair are shown (left to right) Eileen Birkinbine, Nancy Birkinbine, Jo Ann Lothe, and Jane W...
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We Saw You . . . Checking Fair Entries

Date: 07 15 1959
Description: A new home economics class for girls at the 1959 Dane County Junior Fair is called "Let's Care for Children." Looking over an entry are (left to right) Elo...
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Dane County Junior Fair

Date: 07 15 1959
Description: The 1959 Dane County Junior Fair is "home" for hundreds of 4-H Club members for four days. Registering 4-H members Steven, David, and Ted Olson, Rt. 3, Sto...
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Dane County Junior Fair

Date: 07 15 1959
Description: Entries at the 1959 Dane County Junior Fair are, left, Sue Soldwedel, 14, 316 Lakewood Blvd., showing her Hereford junior yearling steer, and right, Linda ...
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Dane County Junior Fair

Date: 07 15 1959
Description: The 1959 Dane County Junior Fair dairy cattle show includes 577 entries. Shown unloading a trailer load of hay bought in by the Hope 4-H Club to feed his G...
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Crowd Has Fun in the Rain at the Dane County Junior Fair

Date: 07 21 1961
Description: A little girl beats the rain in her raincoat while eating goodies at the Dane County Junior Fair.
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Crowd Has Fun in the Rain at the Dane County Junior Fair

Date: 07 21 1961
Description: A little girl is protected from the rain by a colorful umbrella at the Dane County Junior Fair.
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Dane County Junior Fair 4-H Style Show

Date: 07 22 1961
Description: Carla Frye, Verona, models her Dane County Junior Fair 4-H style show dress for her dormitory "sisters" Sue Jalings, Oregon, seated left; Joyce Dvorak, Dee...
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Little Girl Enjoys a King-Size Hot Dog

Date: 07 22 1961
Description: Rhonda Swenson, age 10, takes a bite of a king size hot dog at the Dane County Junior Fair. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard A. Swenson, 1318 E....
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Southern Wisconsin Junior Livestock Exposition

Date: 10 20 1964
Description: Danny Geffert, age 12, from Reedsburg, is helping his brother, David, in showing the champion Hereford pair of beef calves at the Southern Wisconsin Junior...
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Southern Wisconsin Junior Livestock Exposition

Date: 10 20 1964
Description: Mary Graber, age 12, from Livingston, with her Angus beef steer that won the grand champion honor at the Southern Wisconsin Junior Livestock Exposition at ...
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Dane County Fair Poster

Date: 1917
Description: Advertisement featuring a painting by artist Henry Mosler, dated 1915, titled "The Stars and Stripes Forever." In the painting a young man dressed in cut-o...

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