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Portage Fairgrounds

Date: 1870
Description: Fairgrounds. In the foreground is a fence and dwellings.
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Fairgrounds at Milwaukee

Date: 1859
Description: Elevated view of the fairgrounds in Milwaukee, the year when Abraham Lincoln spoke. The fairgrounds were located at the Brockway Grounds near Twelfth and S...
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Swine Competitors

Date: 1962
Description: Competitors in the Junior Livestock Exposition with their pigs before the judging.
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World's Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: A cyanotype photograph of a man in oriental dress on the Midway of the World's Columbian Exposition. He stands behind a gate; a sign warns, "No Admittance ...
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Two Women under Tent

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Two women wearing dresses working one of the booths at a Civilian Defense Rally. A table is visible in the background with food on it.
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Dogpatchers In Costume

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Three people in costume behind a table. There is a man wearing a false beard a hat, holding a jug with three x's on it, a woman wearing a polka-dot blouse ...
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Men Working a Game Booth

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Men from the armed forces working a game booth at a Civilian Defense Rally. Their hats are embroidered with the text "Greendale Wisconsin."
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Dogpatcher Booth

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: The Dogpathers booth, surrounded by a crowd of children. Text on the banners and other signs read: "Kickapoo Juice Penny Pitch" "Greendale Dogpathers Cause...
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Men Holding Mugs of Beer

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A group of men standing next to an outdoor bar raise mugs of beer at a Civilian Defense Rally. There is a tent and dwellings in the background.
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Police Office Standing in front of Outdoor Bar

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A police officer stands in front of an outdoor bar at a Civilian Defense Rally.
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Women Preparing Baked Goods

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Side view of a group of women at a Civilian Defense Rally standing behind a counter with loaves of bread. Behind them is a table of covered cake pans and o...
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Sauk County Fair

Date: 1906
Description: A double exposure of a landscape featuring a very large tree and farm houses superimposed on an image of buildings and crowds at the Sauk County Fairground...
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Repeal Oleo Tax Banner

Date: 08 21 1940
Description: An airplane is pulling a banner reading: "Heil says repeal oleo tax" over the Wisconsin State Fair on Governor's Day.
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Distant View of a Fair

Date: 
Description: Distant view of a fair being held in a field. Animals, buildings, fences, a road, trees, and hills surround the field.
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The Bluehill Fair

Date: 
Description: People walking around tents at the Bluehill Fair. A road stands to the right and hills are visible in the background.
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Harness Racing

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Description: Elevated view of four men and their horses harness racing down a road, with crowds of spectators on the sides, during a county fair in southwestern Wiscons...
Postcard

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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Palmer State Fair Barn

Date: 06 2019
Description: Exterior view of the Palmer State Fair Barn.
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Palmer State Fair Barn

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

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