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Busy B's Dog and Monkey Act

Date: 1970
Description: Gloria Peebles' Busy B's animal act featuring a monkey in a rabbit costume pushing a wheelbarrow while a dog looks on through the window of the playhouse.
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Clowns with Circus Performer

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Description: A group of 11 circus clowns poses with a pretty young female performer in a circus tent. This could possibly be part of a movie set.
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Eagle Cave "Giant Stalagmites"

Date: 06 15 1946
Description: Interior view of Eagle Cave, Richland County, featuring "Giant Stalagmites." Wisconsin's largest onyx cave.
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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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Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus in New York

Date: 04 04 1934
Description: Three rings of the Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus are shown being set up for a performance in New York's Madison Square Garden.
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Schendel's Vaudeville Show, Circus, and Menagerie

Date: 08 23 1901
Description: The stage and surrounding posters of Professor Oscar John Schendel's "All Star Vaudeville, Big Three-Ringed Circus, and Mammoth Menagerie."
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Elmer the Bull

Date: 1951
Description: Elmer, "husband" of Elsie the Cow, advertising mascot of the Borden Company, is shown with a young woman as he was being readied for participation as one o...
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Two Girls at the Wonder Spot

Date: 04 07 1955
Description: Harriet Anderson (whose name has since changed to Penny Hilley) and Nancy Waterman clowning around at the Wonder Spot in Lake Delton in the Wisconsin Dells...
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Two Girls at the Wonder Spot

Date: 04 07 1955
Description: Harriet Anderson (whose name has since changed to Penny Hilley) and Nancy Waterman at the Wonder Spot in Lake Delton in the Wisconsin Dells.
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Two Girls at the Wonder Spot

Date: 06 1965
Description: Two girls facing each other while standing at odd angles at the Wonder Spot in Lake Delton in the Wisconsin Dells. One is wearing saddle shoes.
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Cream Separator Display at Dairy Cattle Congress

Date: 1946
Description: Cream separators stand on display against a backdrop at the Dairy Cattle Congress. The display text reads: "Newest Star in the Milky Way; McCormick-Deering...
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Paulina Bunyan

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Description: Woman dressed as Paulina Bunyan (female version of Paul Bunyan) standing in the Minirama recreation of the Wisconsin Dells. She holds an axe in one hand an...
Postcard

The Wonder Spot

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Description: Interior view of a man and woman demonstrating the visual characteristics apparent at the Wonder Spot. Caption reads: "The Wonder Spot, Hi-Way 12, Lake Del...
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Indoor Scene of a Loom at Little Norway

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Description: Black and white postcard of an indoor scene with a loom, spinning wheel, skeiner, garments and two dolls seated in a chair at Little Norway.
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Scene at Little Norway

Date: 07 20 1950
Description: Photographic postcard of the main living area of a Norwegian dwelling at Little Norway showing a cradle, chairs, trunks, dresser and a built-in bed with cu...
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Enchanted Mountain in the Cave of the Mounds

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Description: Postcard of a boy peering at stalactites and cave onyx terraces on the Enchanted Mountain in the Cave of the Mounds.
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Dream River, North Cave, Cave of the Mounds

Date: 1957
Description: Color postcard of Dream River, North Cave, opened in 1957, in the Cave of the Mounds.
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The Chapel, North Cave, Cave of the Mounds

Date: 1947
Description: Colorized postcard of a woman viewing stalactites in the Chapel, North Cave, in the Cave of the Mounds.
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Brownie's Wishing Well

Date: 1947
Description: Colorized postcard of a girl throwing a penny into the Brownie's Wishing Well in the Cave of the Mounds. Caption reads: "Brownie's Wishing Well."
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Rare Black and White Ribbons Above Frozen Water Fall in the Cave of the Mounds

Date: 1947
Description: Colorized postcard of rare black and white ribbons above Frozen Water Fall in the Cave of the Mounds.

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