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St. Paul Ice Carnival, Royal Family in Parade

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Description: St. Paul Ice Carnival. Royal Family Equipages in Street Parade.
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St. Paul Ice Carnival, Royal Family Leaving Palace

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Description: St. Paul Ice Carnival. Royal family leaving ice palace in their equipage. Crowds are milling about.
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Farmall Tractor Parade

Date: 1941
Description: Farmall H and M tractors driven in a parade through a downtown street. The tractors are driven by two women and two men. One of the men has a small child o...
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Elephants in Circus Parade

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Description: Several elephants walk up a hill in a circus parade along Main Street. They are followed by a group of horses, while bystanders watch from a platform on t...
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Two Progressives Carrying Torches

Date: 11 03 1934
Description: Otto Burmeister, Middleton, and E.J. Onstad, Madison, carrying kerosene torches which will be used in a Progressive party torchlight parade that evening.
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Circus Elephants on Parade

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Description: A long string of circus elephants parades single file down a metropolitan street lined on both sides by huge crowds of people.
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Gates of Heaven and Floral Parade

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Description: A horse-drawn carriage decorated for a floral parade on West Washington Avenue. The carriage is passing in front of the Gates of Heaven Synagogue (the buil...
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Loyalty Day Parade

Date: 03 31 1917
Description: Elevated view of men carrying flags marching down State Street from the Wisconsin State Capitol in a Loyalty Day Parade.
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"McCormick Day"

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of people, horses, and farm machines gathered on the town's main street for a "McCormick Day" celebration, with several grain binders and a b...
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Street Gathering

Date: 1914
Description: Five men stand on a city street surrounded by onlookers, perhaps a parade or some other public event. Two of the men in the street are carrying photography...
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Woman in Circus Parade

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Description: Elevated view of a crowd watching a woman in a chariot driving four horses in a circus parade in town.
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Crowd Watching Parade

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Description: Elevated view of a crowd watching a band play on top of a circus wagon in a parade in town.
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Crowd Watching Parade

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Description: Elevated view of a parade passing under arch at the intersection of First and Main Streets. Crowds of people are watching from the sidewalks.
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Band Performing in Parade

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Description: View across street towards a band in a wagon parading through town. People are watching from the sidewalk, and also from second story porches.
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Circus Wagon in Parade

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Description: Slightly elevated view over sidewalk towards eight horses drawing a circus wagon in parade. The parade is coming from the circus ground at the white pine g...
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Circus Wagon in Parade

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Description: Slightly elevated view of men driving a circus calliope for a parade in town. A calliope is a musical instrument that produces sound by sending steam throu...
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Circus Wagon in Parade

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Description: Rear view of a steam calliope in a circus parade in town. A calliope is a musical instrument that produces sound by sending steam through whistles, origina...
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Circus Wagon in Parade

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Description: Rear view of a circus wagon going through town, with a band on top pulled by a team of six horses. People are walking in the street behind the wagon, and t...
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Circus Wagon in Parade

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Description: Elevated view towards intersection of a horse-drawn animal cage in a circus parade in town.
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Circus Wagon in Parade

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Description: Elevated view towards intersection of a crowd watching a circus wagon on Main Street, probably a steam calliope.

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