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Trapeze Acrobats

Date: 1912
Description: View from crowd of a pair of trapeze acrobats performing at a street fair.
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McCormick-Deering/International Harvester at Minnesota State Fair

Date: 1940
Description: Registration booth for International Harvester at the Minnesota State Fair. Includes a list of IH dealers "Present Today."
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Farmall A Tractor on Display at Minnesota State Fair

Date: 1940
Description: View of display inside a tent at the Minnesota State Fair of a McCormick-Deering Farmall A tractor set up in front of a wall with a sign above it reading: ...
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School Teachers Sorting Weed Seed

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Description: School teachers at a North Dakota fair, learning to sort weed seed, and name the varieties.
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Odanah Indian Fair

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated group portrait of men, women and children posing at the fairgrounds at Odanah. Most of the people are Native Americans, probably Ojibwe, with a nu...
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Dairying — Boys Stock Judging

Date: 1915
Description: Langlade County Fair, Wisconsin. By means of these contests the interest of the boys in better stock is intensified. A pure bred registered bull calf was g...
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Four Thousand Automobiles in 1914, The Great Fair

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. ...
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Display of Sid's Art Works

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Description: Display of Sid's art works on the street at what appears to be a fair on the Capitol Square. A man, possibly Steve Boyum, is sitting in a chair behind the ...
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Crystal House — Century of Progress

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Description: The Crystal House was Keck and Keck Project #183 in 1934. This project was done for the second year of the Chicago World's Fair, named "The Century of Prog...
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Truck at Fairgrounds

Date: 06 19 1925
Description: Line drawing of a truck at a fairground. A delivery man is carrying a case of soft drinks, and a boy is standing on the left and watching him. In the backg...
Postcard

Jefferson Fair

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...
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IH Display at Fair

Date: 11 10 1927
Description: View across lawn towards a display of tractors, trucks, cream separators, and the other implements around a counter with posters and signs. There is a corn...
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Wood Carving at the Logging Congress

Date: 09 1976
Description: A man is carving a face onto a log using a chainsaw. Other men are looking at chainsaws displayed on a pile of birch tree logs. A sign on a trailer behind ...
Postcard

Manitowoc County Fairgrounds

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...
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Ho-o-den Palace

Date: 1893
Description: View across the lagoon to the Japanese Pavilion or Ho-o-den Palace on the Wooded Island at the World's Columbian Exposition.
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International Harvester Display at Fair

Date: 10 31 1928
Description: View from front of tent towards an International Harvester display.
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Demonstration of a One Ton Truck, Two Ton Load

Date: 03 06 1929
Description: View towards a man driving a Six Speed special truck on top of a wooden ramp, on what may be fairgrounds. The sign along the side of the truck reads: "Inte...
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Palmer State Fair Barn

Date: 06 2019
Description: Palmer State Fair 1930s-era barn.
Postcard

Prizewinners

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...
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North View of Grand Stand at Inter County Fair

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...

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