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"Apollo No. 1" Steamboat and Passengers

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Description: View of bow of "Apollo No. 1" steamboat with passengers posing near a dock on the shoreline.
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Moving Pictures at Inter-County Fair

Date: 1905
Description: A crowd, including Evaline, Nellie and Harriet Bennett, looking at large banner advertisements for moving pictures. Moving picture subjects include fire fi...
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Performing Circus Elephants

Date: 1943
Description: A group of over twenty-six Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus elephants, standing on their rear legs with front legs resting on the elephant ahead. ...
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Tandem Zebra Team

Date: 1909
Description: Two men sit in a two-wheeled buggy hooked up to zebras, next to a fence near the Ring Barn on the left (which is still standing), with several male spectat...
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Casino (Amusement) Park Roller Coaster

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Description: People gather around a bench in front of Casino Amusement Park. A roller coaster, pavilion, and ticket booth stand behind them.
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Funchase Amusement Pier

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Description: Crowds walk along the boardwalk at Funchase amusement pier. A building with flags flying from its turrets features a sign that reads "Funchase Skating". T...
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Boy with Giant Cheese

Date: 1940
Description: Boy dressed in coat and hat and sipping milk from a bottle poses with "Goliath," the world's biggest cheese, which is resting on a wheeled platform. Round ...
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International's Fearless Fisbee

Date: 1966
Description: Men with Cub Cadet's performing at International Harvester's Fearless Fisbee, subject of a July 1966 "Harvester World" article. IH's "wild animal act" was ...
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We Saw You . . . at New Carousel

Date: 06 21 1958
Description: Children and parents waiting their turn to ride the new Vilas Park merry-go-round during the grand-opening event for the ride on June 21, 1958. In the back...
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Riverside & Great Northern Railway

Date: 07 07 1970
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Riverside & Great Northern Railway. R. & G.N. Ry. afternoon local taking water south of Rockdale, at Wisconsin Dells, Wis." A minia...

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