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| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of farmer's wagons, teams, and pedestrian traffic crowd Princeton's main street for the monthly market fair. Some snow is on the ground and a... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Group of farmers observe and participate in a farm auction. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of workers filing out of the gates of the McCormick Reaper Works at the end of a work day. The factory became part of the International Harve... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Painting by N.C. Wyeth depicting the public demonstration of the first reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steele's Tavern, Virginia in 1831. The painting sh... |
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| Description: | Motorcyclists at the start of the race, probably at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Police officer helping a young woman cross the street. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Columbian Exposition; Administration Building in Jackson Park, viewed from 64th Street; foreground: a crowd of men gathered near Pass Gate. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | A barnstorming pilot and curious onlookers at a field on the outskirts of Waukesha that served as a primitive airport. Technically, the term barnstorming s... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | John Schwister and his home-built airplane, "the Minnesota Badger," at the Langlade County Fairgrounds. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a man leading a circus elephant on Main Street. On the opposite side of the street is a crowd watching from behind the iron fence on the C... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Group watching a University of Wisconsin football game (?) from a fence. Most are sitting on top, a few are standing and two men are peeking through the fe... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | A male cheerleader with megaphone leading the crowd at a University of Wisconsin football (?) game. The band performs at the front of the crowd. |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | Men riding Cub Cadet lawn tractors in International Harvester's "wild-animal" act at the Farm Progress Show in Farmer City, Iowa. Three International Harve... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | Man riding a Cub Cadet lawn tractor in International Harvester's "wild-animal" act at the Farm Progress Show in Farmer City, Iowa. Three International Harv... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | "The Grand Regatta, at Devil's Lake, June 21st & 22nd, 1877." A crowd sits on the ground about to commence lunch at Devil's Lake. |
| Date: | 09 01 1912 |
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| Description: | Theodore Roosevelt in front of the Deutscher Club. The club later became the Wisconsin Club. |
| Date: | 07 24 1955 |
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| Description: | A contestant in Madison's Soap Box Derby in his racer on the starting ramp with crowd in the background. The Derby was held on East Washington Avenue leadi... |
| Date: | 07 14 1944 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Historical marker at the site of John Muir's boyhood home, located in the John Muir Memorial Park near Montello. A woman stands next to the marker, and the... |
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