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| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the monthly Stock Fair. The roof of a building is in the left foreground. Horse-drawn wagons line the street, and there is a large buildin... |
| Date: | 10 03 1900 |
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| Description: | View from audience of William Jennings Bryan, as Democratic nominee for election to the presidency, addressing a crowd, estimated at 15,000 people, at a st... |
| Date: | 1989 |
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| Description: | Red Ford Mustangs are a center of attention at the 1989 Iola Old Car Show. |
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| Description: | Competitors in the calf judging lining up with their animals at the Portage County fair. |
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| Description: | Members of Pierce County's 4-H calf clubs on parade at a fair. |
| 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. |
| Date: | 1992 |
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| Description: | Loraine Adkins of Madison, Wisconsin ready to participate with the Hoofbeat Ridge Drill Team of Mazomanie at the Midwest Horse Fair in the spring of 1992 o... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Running hard for re-election after serving less than a full first term, Congressman David Obey introduces himself to constituents and their children. |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Running for re-election for the first time, Congressman David R. Obey greets voters at the fair. A merry-go-round is in the background. Although unidentifi... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | William Wehring, a student at the Sharon School, poses with his Holstein calf. There is a large canvas tent in the background and a railroad car is behind ... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Sign outside the Wisconsin Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair advertising a steak house, a beer garden, and the world's largest cheese. A portion of the pav... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | View of the Wisconsin Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair under construction. The steel frame of the building is visible behind a sign for Thatcher Construct... |
| Date: | 07 09 1965 |
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| Description: | A group of scouts enjoy a snack at picnic tables outside the Wisconsin Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair. Each scout has a glass of milk and a young woman ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| 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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| Description: | Elevated view of fire trucks parked in rows at a fairgrounds, with a crowd of people walking between them. In the background is a large tent advertising co... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a crowd walking among fire trucks parked in rows at an outdoor fairgrounds. |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Group of seven men posing in clown costumes and holding musical instruments. A drum on a wheeled cart has a cartoon representation of a clown, and is label... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Seymour Fair 1907." Elevated view of fairgoers at the grounds with horses, buggies and automobiles. An exhibit building is on the lef... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | The grandstand at a fair full of spectators, and a line of people standing in the foreground at the edge of the track. |
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