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| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Harness racers are shown in action at the Wisconsin State Fair Park, with an audience watching from the grandstand. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Two cars and drivers with the Swenson Thrillcade World Champion Auto Daredevils perform before an audience at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A 1930's coupe sponsored by the Enterprise Transfer Co. stalls out on the racetrack after being disabled by an apparent collision. A crowd of onlookers sta... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Jack McGrath, an Indianapolis 500 driver, photographed at the Milwaukee State Fair, with his cream colored Hinkle Special. McGrath died in an automobile cr... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Automobiles drive past the grandstand at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds as they prepare for the beginning of the race. |
| Date: | 1987 |
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| Description: | Race course and grandstand at Road America in Elkhart Lake, where racing began in 1955. Prior to that, Elkhart Lake was host to automobile racing on the vi... |
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| Description: | View of Milwaukee County baseball stadium showing parking lot in foreground and including view of stadium seating and field with players. |
| Date: | 01 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster for the Tomahawk Ridge Ski Jumping Championships, held Sunday, January 24, 1971. An official Central U.S. Ski Association Meet, sponsored by the Bl... |
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| Description: | Home field of the Milwaukee Braves baseball team. The field is in the center, and is surrounded by a parking lot full of automobiles. |
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| Description: | View from distance of group playing a game of baseball. Spectators sit in horse-drawn carriages. The game is being played in a farm field, with farm buildi... |
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| Description: | Horses harnessed to sulkies pass the judge's stand at Goshen Historic Track as spectators look on from the grandstand and sidelines. Goshen Historic Track ... |
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| Description: | Harnessed horses race past the judge's stand while spectators watch from the sidelines at The Finish, a dirt racetrack. |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Aerial view drawing of a velodrome with racers on the oval track and stands full of spectators. Signage on the outer wall indicates that it is the Racine A... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Lee Richardson performing stunts on a bicycle in front of a large crowd standing on the ground, as well as seated in bleachers at the Appleton County Fair ... |
| Date: | 01 31 1926 |
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| Description: | Winter scene of early snowmobile race at Rangeline Lake. Bill Neu (right), winner, Harold Hansen (left). Special conversion kits were available which allow... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a small town baseball game in progress. Audience members are standing on the sideline and sitting on the grass. Horses and bu... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A man, on the right, is riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle with a man in a sidecar, on the left, in an event for the Badger Derby. The driver who is smoki... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Seymour Fair 1907." The grandstand at a fair is full of spectators, with horses, buggies and automobiles parked on the infield in the... |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Illustration of a crowd watching bicyclists on penny-farthings, who are racing around a track inside a tent. Below illustration is the text "From the Priva... |
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