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Fairgrounds at Milwaukee

Date: 1859
Description: Elevated view of the fairgrounds in Milwaukee, the year when Abraham Lincoln spoke. The fairgrounds were located at the Brockway Grounds near Twelfth and S...
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Wisconsin State Fair Tractor Exhibit

Date: 09 12 1935
Description: A crowd of spectators looks at a McCormick Farmall tractor on display at the Wisconsin State Fair. The tractor is an F-12.
Photograph

Amusement Rides at the Fair

Date: 09 01 1921
Description: Crowds of people walking, with amusement rides in the backround. Presumably the Wisconsin State Fair.
Photograph

International Harvester Booth at Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: International Harvester Company booth at the Wisconsin State Fair. A sign on the booth reads: "Check Your Parcels Here."
Photograph

Dairy Parade Float

Date: 1946
Description: International Harvester reaper float, the first prize winner in the Wisconsin State Fair dairy parade. The text on the float reads: "Working Replica of the...
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International Harvester Display at Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: International Harvester Company displays its products under a tent at the Wisconsin State Fair. The text on the sign reads: "Equipment Display Courtesy Sha...
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International Harvester Tent at Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: Exterior of the International Harvester Company tent at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Guernsey Cow at Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A man stands next to a Guernsey cow in the International Harvester tent at the Wisconsin State Fair. A sign reads: "Why We Are Not Displaying Our Full Line...
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Wisconsin State Fair Exhibit

Date: 1932
Description: A cow standing on a platform is used to demonstrate a McCormick-Deering milker in the International Harvester tent at the Wisconsin State Fair. A display ...
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Dining Tent

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Description: The Trinity M.E. Church Dining Hall set in a tent in a field near other tents. Two banners advertise the dining hall, and a chalkboard on the right lists t...
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Carnival Banners

Date: 1914
Description: The exterior of carnival banners with people gathered in front of them. Probably depicting "Gay Paree" at the State Fair.
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Crowd at Sporting Event

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Description: View from track towards a crowd of men, women, and children in front of and behind a fence at a sporting event. On the left, a man who is possibly a police...
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Milt Polland

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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...
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International Trucks at Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 09 12 1935
Description: Three International trucks on display beneath a tent at the Wisconsin State Fair. The truck on the far left is painted with the text: "Miller Brewing Co. /...
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Crowd at State Fair

Date: 1935
Description: A crowd of onlookers gathers underneath a tent to watch a demonstration of a Farmall F-12 tractor with a single front wheel at the Wisconsin State Fair. O...
Drawing

1880 Iron Brigade Reunion

Date: 1880
Description: A composite drawing, including photographic portraits, depicting "Doc" Aubrey, newsboy of the Iron Brigade, delivering papers to the camp where other membe...
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Camp Washburn, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date: 1860
Description: A soldier rides a horse with a military camp in the background. Caption below reads, "CAMP WASHBURN, MILWAUKEE - - WIS." Blue ink on beige envelope, image ...
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Head Quarters, 2nd Regiment Wisconsin Cavalry. Camp Washburn, Milwaukee.

Date: 1860
Description: A cavalry soldier on a horse appears on left, a military camp is seen in the background. To the right in fancy type: "Head Quarters, 2D REGT. WIS. CAVAL...
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Children's Class of the Milwaukee Turners

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Description: Children’s class of the Milwaukee Turners, gathered outside in a park. George Brosius appears on the platform and several people are wearing band uniforms....
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Buffalo at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 09 1900
Description: View of a buffalo and a cow standing near a fence at the Wisconsin State Fair.

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