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| 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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| Description: | Interior view of the crowds in the Wisconsin Industry Building and the building's unusual art deco decoration. Few photographs depict African Americans at ... |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Fair employees use a crane to position a version of the Forward statue that was the symbol of the 1948 Wisconsin Centennial Exposition and State Fair. |
| Date: | 08 1946 |
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| Description: | Fairgoers examine exhibits about meat, "Man's Favorite Food," sponsored by the National Livestock and Meat Board at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
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| Description: | Fairgoers walk past the Women's Building at the Wisconsin State Fair. The sign on the front reads: Women's Dept." |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Crowds walking past the Horticulture Building at the Wiconsin State Fair. In a pavilion above the building the Aluminum Goose Manufacturing Co. Band of Ma... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowds packing the Midway at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
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| Description: | Alice in Dairyland and the Wisconsin Honey Queen standing at a Wisconsin State Beekeepers Association stand, possibly at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view over railroad tracks of the Union Depot, erected in 1866 on Reed Street. Horse-drawn wagons and cabs are parked nearby, and pedestr... |
| Date: | 06 1924 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising the first annual Spring Festival and Entertainment event held on June 14, 1924 by the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). There is an ima... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | 3 cent stamp design with a Wisconsin theme in blue. |
| Date: | 12 16 1947 |
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| Description: | First place winning design in blue for a 3 cent Wisconsin centennial stamp, which features a farming theme, including a tractor with the word "Forward" on ... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Design in pencil for the Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent stamp featuring a cow's head and an arm holding a hammer. |
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