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| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Photographer Herman Taylor's children sit at a little table in front of the hearth in the library. |
| Date: | 04 07 1968 |
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| Description: | Two women in bikinis are walking their dogs by a row of campers at Terry Andrae State Park. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | The Wright Flyer of Farnum Fish being pushed into position for a demonstration flight at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | The Wright Model B owned by Farnum Fish flying at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds in 1912. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | John Kaminski and his Curtiss pusher were scheduled to fly at the 1912 Wisconsin State Fairgrounds in Milwaukee, along with several other Curtiss aviators ... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | John Kaminski (who can barely be seen here in his Lincoln Beachey checkered cap), his mechanic, and onlookers attempting to ready his Curtiss pusher for fl... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | A Wright Model B Flyer at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. Although unidentified, this is believed to be the aircraft that Farnum Fish flew at the fairgrou... |
| Date: | 05 28 1955 |
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| Description: | The Riesen family, John, Jeanne, Linda and Jon, playing in their home. |
| Date: | 04 18 1957 |
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| Description: | View from rear of two boys, in semi-silhouette, wearing baseball mitts standing and looking out over the baseball diamond from the seating area of County S... |
| Date: | 03 15 1957 |
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| Description: | High school fans in the bleachers cheer on their team during a night game. |
| Date: | 02 20 1969 |
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| Description: | Astronaut James A. Lovell accepting a gift of cheese from Wisconsin Governor Warren P. Knowles during a gathering in Lovell's honor. A model of the Apollo ... |
| Date: | 07 21 1958 |
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| Description: | Three-year-old twins at an annual twins picnic licking lollipops. |
| Date: | 08 13 1970 |
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| Description: | A boy tries to convince a Hereford to walk down a ramp at the fairgrounds. |
| Date: | 04 16 1958 |
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| Description: | Boy Scouts lash together lengths of wood as they put up an exhibit about pioneering for Scout-O-Rama. |
| Date: | 02 27 1989 |
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| Description: | Members of the foils teams of Catholic Memorial High School give a fencing demonstration to a class of elementary school students. |
| Date: | 09 20 1988 |
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| Description: | A father gives his young son archery pointers in Kletzsch Park while his daughter looks on. |
| Date: | 12 28 1962 |
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| Description: | Jean Meyer plays with the sucker she got at a mother-daugher Christmas holiday tea. |
| Date: | 07 13 1989 |
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| Description: | A boy stretches to catch a water-filled balloon. |
| Date: | 09 12 1971 |
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| Description: | Children fashioned their seesaw using a board, and a barricade with a sign that reads: "Road Closed" that they found in an empty lot. |
| Date: | 02 11 1955 |
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| Description: | A winter scene with boys playing basketball in the snow, with temperatures around 10 below zero. |
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