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Grand Prize Automobile Race

Date: 10 1912
Description: Slightly elevated view of drivers making last minute adjustments to their automobiles at the start of the Milwaukee Grand Prize race (later called the Amer...
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Kaminski on the Exhibition Circuit

Date: 1912
Description: Pilot John Kaminski racing a motorcycle at the fairgrounds.
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Dane County Fair

Date: 08 23 1930
Description: People in grandstand are overlooking the track from the right. There is a man standing in the center of the track making announcement over a public address...
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Dane County Fair

Date: 08 23 1930
Description: Grandstand crowd overlooking track.
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The Sauk County Fair

Date: 1906
Description: Elevated view of crowds milling around attractions on a sunny day at the Sauk County Fair. Sideshows and concessions are on the left, and an oval dirt raci...
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Darlington Racetrack

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Description: Elevated view from hill of the racetrack at the "Big White Fair".
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Fairgrounds Harness Race

Date: 07 14 1944
Description: One horse and racer on the track in front of the judges stand during a harness race at a fairgrounds. Signs visible promote county fairs in Darlington and ...
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Panoramic View of Racetrack

Date: 09 09 1911
Description: Panoramic view of auto race start at the Minnesota State Fair. Text affixed to the back of the bleachers reads, "Battle in the Clouds, Tonight at 7:30." S...
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Horse Track at Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A KRNT radio broadcaster sitting on a platform above a horse track at the Iowa State Fair as another man on the right is filming the race for television. A...
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Grandstands at Wisconsin State Fair

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Description: Elevated view of crowd of people outside of the grandstands at the Wisconsin State Fair grounds.
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Aerial View of Wisconsin State Fairgrounds

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Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds, including the grandstands, racetrack, and parking lot.
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Race Car

Date: 1930
Description: A race car driver and passenger sit in their racer, No. 16, in front of a grandstand. Both wear goggles; the passenger wears a leather helmet. The spectato...
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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...
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Car and Buggy Races at the Fair

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Description: View from the inner track of a car and buggy race at a local fair. Crowds sit in the covered grandstand and a band sits at the ready on the sidelines. A Fe...
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Harness Racing at a Wisconsin Fair

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Description: View from the inner track of harness racing at a local fair. The horses and their drivers can be seen racing around a tree-lined curve in the track and pas...
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Farmall M at Cheyenne Frontier Days

Date: 1947
Description: View across ring towards a Farmall M pulling a peg-tooth harrow at the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo. Two men are riding on horseback near the tractor. Peop...
Postcard

Rusk County Fair

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Description: View of the race track and grandstand at the county fair. Men leading horses on the track. Caption reads: "Rusk County Fair, Ladysmith, Wis."
Postcard

Grandstand at the Outagamie County Fair

Date: 1907
Description: The grandstand at a fair full of spectators, and a line of people standing in the foreground at the edge of the track.
Postcard

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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