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| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Color advertising photograph of teenagers and band members gathered in and around an International Scout pickup at the Teenbeat Club owned by Steve Miller ... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | A crowd surrounds a man as he stands atop a tree trunk swinging his axe in a woodchopping contest. |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Poster for the 1934 "Century of Progress" World's Fair in Chicago showing a woman surrounded by abstract representations of the sights and sounds of the fa... |
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| Description: | Men with several early twentieth-century race cars are parked along a city street. Numbers are painted on the front of the cars. One man is standing on ste... |
| Date: | 11 27 1948 |
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| Description: | Crowd at the corner of State, West Mifflin and North Carroll Streets watching the Santa Parade, sponsored by the Madison Business Association and the Junio... |
| Date: | 12 11 1948 |
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| Description: | Berg's Sporting Goods window at the corner of 2123 Atwood Avenue and Division Street, featuring Thompson boats and Evinrude motors. |
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| Description: | Pawling & Harnischfeger 30-ton type "AN" bridge crane with a 5-ton type "A" trolley at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair in either the Palace of Electricity ... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | A Pawling & Harnischfeger 50-ton type "AN" bridge crane with a 10-ton type "A" trolley with standard a block at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair in either t... |
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| Description: | Night view of gift shops, restaurants, and other attractions in a two-story shopping plaza. Several cars are parked along the curb beneath a streetlight in... |
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| Description: | Polland at the Mid-Summer Festival on the Milwaukee lakefront, with the boys of Nick Ehr family in the foreground. This was just after the successful Zeidl... |
| Date: | 09 26 1938 |
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| Description: | Men and women look on as people ride on the "Rocket" amusement ride at the Canadian National Exposition. The ride was owned by Miller Amusement Enterprises... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Engines and power units on display beneath a tent at the Indiana State Fair. An electric sign flanked by two evergreen trees reads: McCormick-Deering Indus... |
| Date: | 03 24 1980 |
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| Description: | A birch tree is in the center foreground. Behind it is a municipal parking lot with an automobile parked in it near the storefront of Neubauer's Sporting G... |
| Date: | 03 12 2004 |
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| Description: | "This is Golf Central. They are located North of Oshkosh, at 5850 Highway 45." The signboard notes their Friday night fish fry. |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | An International CO-192 truck leads a 25-piece circus parade through downtown streets. The parade originated at Circus World Museum in Baraboo. Additional ... |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | A crowd walking the grounds of the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition in the early evening. An electric sign on the right says "Terrel Jacobs Wild Animal Circ... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Press photographers set up their equipment in the press area before they cover a visit by President Jimmy Carter. A scoreboard hangs on the wall in the bac... |
| Date: | 12 01 1954 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of participants recognized at the annual banquet for the Madison Central High School football team. In the back is University of Wisconsin f... |
| Date: | 10 1983 |
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| Description: | "With 15,331 fans looking on at the Milwaukee Brewers last home game of the season at County Stadium, Carl 'Bear' Bandle belts out our national anthem." |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of the Summerfest grounds. The Miller Jazz Oasis and Miller Cafe are in the foreground, and the TV 6 Comedy Cabaret and the Main Stage are ... |
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