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| 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... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Man sitting in a McCormick Auto-Mower in front of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company building at the Paris Exposition in France. Several men, a woman... |
| Date: | 07 29 1934 |
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| Description: | Children dressed as "balloon man," "Violet and Daisy, Siamese twins," "African bushman" and "Humpty Dumpty" for Kiddie Camp Fair. |
| Date: | 09 1957 |
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| Description: | Children at starting line of toy pedal tractor race near the International Harvester exhibit at the World's Conservation Exposition and Plowing Contests, S... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A small crowd outside a large tent that adverstises "Reaper Motion Pictures." The tent is likely part of an International Harvester exhibit at a fair or ag... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | A crowd gathers around the International Harvester headquarters at the Iowa State Fair to watch a live broadcast from radio station KRNT. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Native American Indians in traditional dress outside their teepees (tipis) at the Dodge County Fair. There is a large building in the background along with... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A smiling young girl stands on a raised platform in front of a microphone being used for the Civilian Defense Rally. A record player and other electronic d... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A group of boys and girls seated with instruments are waiting to perform music at a Civilian Defense Rally. |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A young girl stands behind a microphone on the announcers platform at a Civilian Defense Rally. In the background are a road and commercial buildings. |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | Young boys and girls participate in a "Childrens Bathing Beauty Contest" at a Civilian Defense Rally. Women are standing around the children. The winners, ... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A group of children pose on tricycles at a Civilian Defense Rally. Booths and crowds are visible in the background, including a game booth where you can "D... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | Children riding ponies in a roped-off area in a park at a Civilian Defense Rally. |
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| Description: | Children gathered in front steps and on a platform with large painted banners at a street carnival, possibly the State Fair. There is also a stand with an ... |
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| Description: | Children playing on the playground at the State Fair. The children form lines to climb up the two tall ladders to slide down a pole. Several children are n... |
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| Description: | Polland at the Mid-Summer Festival on the Milwaukee lakefront, with the boys of Nick Ehr family in the foreground. This was just after the successful Zeidl... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of men examining ears of Wisconsin No. 7 corn on exhibit. Students were given the seeds and encouraged to enter the resulting crop in the con... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of corn contest participants posing against the side of a building. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Young people on the fairgrounds stand in front of a tent with calves competing at the fair. Richard Quinney stands on the far right. |
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