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| Date: | 1859 |
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| 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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| Description: | Main Street storefronts, identified from left to right as: The Fair ["Bargains in Everything" on the awnings], and Eckern Jeweler. Banner across Main Stree... |
| Date: | 05 02 1933 |
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| Description: | An International industrial tractor with a street sweeping attachment sweeping the roads at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair. |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | A woman driving an International Harvester tractor leads the Automotive Week parade down the "Avenue of Flags" at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair. |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A uniformed member of the US armed forces leans against the rail of a raised platform at a Civilian Defense Rally. The man is wearing a hat and has two bar... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from the announcer's booth of crowd of people at a Civilian Defense Rally. The ice cream stand and the "country store" are visible in the bac... |
| 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: | A young girl dances with an older man wearing a cone-shaped hat and a tie on the announcers platform at a Civilian Defense Rally. To the far left a microph... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | Three women at a Civilian Defense Rally, one of whom is sitting on a bicycle. Children and adults are standing in the street and on the curb in the backgro... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | Girls riding bicycles at a Civilian Defense Rally. The Greendale Village Hall with clock tower is visible in the background, and the street has been blocke... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A young girl dances near a man wearing a tie on the announcer's platform at a Civilian Defense Rally. To the far left a microphone is visible, and in the b... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Fair goers gather in front of Union High School. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Large group of people gathered on the lawn in front of Union High School. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | View from the road of fairgoers on front lawn of Union High School. Two automobiles are parked in the foreground. |
| Date: | 10 04 1913 |
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| Description: | View from across the road of a large group of people on the front lawn of the Union High School during the second annual fair. |
| Date: | 10 04 1913 |
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| Description: | View from road of fairgoers and cattle on the front lawn of Union High School. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a parade on a main city street during Chautauqua Week. Caption reads: "Chautauqua Week, Somerset, PA." |
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| 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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| Description: | People walking around tents at the Bluehill Fair. A road stands to the right and hills are visible in the background. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over crowd of a horse pulling contest at a county fair. A man is sitting on the back of a truck bed driving two horses on what appears to be ... |
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