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| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Robert M. La Follette, Sr., campaigning in Cumberland. La Follette led the reform faction in Wisconsin's Republican party and in 1900, he was elected gover... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Robert M. La Follette, Sr., speaking to a crowd from back of a wagon. This image is one of a series of views of his appearance at a fair in Cumberland, Wi... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Robert M. La Follette, Sr., with his fist in the air, speaking from the back of a wagon. He is wearing a hat and a suit without the coat. It was in part du... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Robert M. La Follette, Sr., with his fist in the air, speaking from the back of a wagon. It was in part due to his vigorous speaking style that La Follette... |
| Date: | 02 1886 |
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| Description: | A formal announcement of a Co-operative Fair that was held in March of 1886. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Midway Pleasance viewed from Illinois Central Viaduct; large Ferris wheel in background; large crowd, mostly walking in the direction of the Ferris wheel. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Ferris wheel and midway at the Columbian Exposition, viewed from Hotel Epworth. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Columbian Exposition; from the midway looking east from the Ferris wheel. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Fairgrounds. In the foreground is a fence and dwellings. |
| Date: | 09 10 1879 |
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| Description: | Crowd at the Camp Randall fairgrounds watching a horse race, part of that year's Wisconsin State Fair. Carriages and people are near buildings on the left,... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | One of "Three different views of the World's Fair at Philadelphia" mentioned in Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views." On the stereograph itself is... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of the Columbian Exposition pavilions from the vantage point of Lake Michigan. Included is an inset of the Union Passenger Station (now Uni... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 06 28 1865 |
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| Description: | The Great Fair held at Milwaukee for the benefit of the Wisconsin Soldiers Home. The 130x130 foot building was constructed especially for the ten-day fair.... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Front and back of an advertising folder produced by the D.M. Osborne Company, manufacturers of agricultural machinery. Features illustrations of a young gi... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster featuring color illustration of a crowd gathered around a Deering grain binder and mower at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. |
| Date: | 10 24 1863 |
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| Description: | Panoramic wood-engraving of a cattle fair in New Haven, after a sketch by H.C. Curtis. Caption reads: "Cattle Show and Agricultural Faib [sic] at Ha... |
| 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: | 1876 |
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| Description: | One of "Three different views of the World's Fair at Philadelphia" mentioned in Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views." On the stereograph itself is... |
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