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| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Fair-goers stand in line to enter the W.P.A. Exhibit tent at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 08 20 1952 |
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| Description: | Boys wave from the passenger cars of Uncle Bob's train, while a crowd watches the amusement park ride at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad passenger depot. The village of Allis is now part of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and is called West Allis. |
| Date: | 09 20 1930 |
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| Description: | View over crowd towards Philip La Follette, the son of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., campaigning for governor before a large crowd of workers near the Allis ... |
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| Description: | 4-H Club band playing near the Police Station at the Wisconsin State Fair. In the background is the Agriculture Department's Milk House. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | The Department of Agriculture's "All You Can Drink for Ten Cents" milk booth at the Wisconsin State Fair. On the roof is a cow crafted from a bale of hay. ... |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | The Department of Agriculture's Cheese promotion booth at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. The booth urges consumers to "Serve Wisconsin Dated Cheese."... |
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| Description: | At the Department of Agriculture's Milk House at the Wisconsin State Fair, an elderly woman, Mrs. Shimmon of Milwaukee, and a young man drink milk from pap... |
| Date: | 08 30 1954 |
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| Description: | Near the Department of Agriculture's Milk House, two baton twirlers in an obvious promotion photograph sit on top of a car and raise their paper cups of mi... |
| Date: | 07 29 1954 |
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| Description: | Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr., speaking into the microphone on the WLS stage at the Wisconsin State Fair. At the time the Chicago station was best known f... |
| Date: | 08 22 1949 |
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| Description: | Margaret Mueller of Milwaukee, who had the distinction of being the first lost child at the Wisconsin State Fair. She is sitting in front of the sign that ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowds strolling through the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. In the background is a Ferris wheel, and a banner encouraging fair goers to "tal... |
| Date: | 10 1912 |
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| Description: | A solitary open car races past the grandstands at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Fairgoers ride a tractor-drawn passenger wagon at the Fair. In the background is the Sky King roller coaster. |
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| Description: | Entrance to "Camp Ammon," the Boy Scout camp at the Wisconsin State Fair. The camp was named for the director of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture. |
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| Description: | The Bardahl car's pit crew watches the action during an automobile race at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. |
| Date: | 08 30 1954 |
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| Description: | The pit crew signals their driver that his vehicle is exhibiting tire trouble and that he should come in for servicing. |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Poultry Building at the Wisconsin State Fair, showing the chickens entered in the competition in their cages. The patriotic decor sugg... |
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| Description: | Cooking demonstration in the Women's Building at the Wisconsin State Fair, featuring a cheese appetizer. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Color brochure advertising the 1948 Wisconsin State Fair. For the centennial of Wisconsin statehood Wisconsin spent over 5 Million dollars on fourteen new ... |
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