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| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Columbian Exposition; from the midway looking east from the Ferris wheel. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Outdoor trapeze show at the Dunn County Fair. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A crowd, including Evaline, Nellie and Harriet Bennett, looking at large banner advertisements for moving pictures. Moving picture subjects include fire fi... |
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| Description: | A crowd is standing in front of a tent advertised as the "Temple of Music." |
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| Description: | Rex Roope of Kansas City got attention as he told his audience "all you have to do is ring the prize and it is yours. Step right up folks." |
| Date: | 10 1906 |
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| Description: | A female daredevil stunt driver, possibly Beryle Elliot, in a horseless carriage catapults up into the air, doing a loop-the-loop or sommersault off a ski ... |
| Date: | 07 16 1971 |
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| Description: | Bette Brown of Hartland pulls her somewhat reluctant cows across the midway at the Waukesha County Fairgrounds. |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowds milling around attractions on a sunny day at the Sauk County Fair. Sideshows and concessions are on the left, and an oval dirt raci... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Iowa State Fair at night. |
| Date: | 08 08 2008 |
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| Description: | Two young girls, with hair curls, look into tent at Irishfest. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A large crowd of men, women, and children sit in the bleachers or stand along the edge of what appears to be the racetrack at the fair grounds. Behind the ... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of men and boys standing at the entrance to a building with "Harvey Harvester." Sign above entrance to the building reads: "_Cormick... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the entrance to the McCormick-Deering, International tent at the Minnesota State Fair. A group of people are gathered in front of the entr... |
| Date: | 08 18 1940 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of crowd inside an open sided tent gathered in front of "Harvey Harvester." There is a Farmall tractor parked outside of the tent on... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | Men with Cub Cadet's performing at International Harvester's Fearless Fisbee, subject of a July 1966 "Harvester World" article. IH's "wild animal act" was ... |
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