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Crowds at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of crowds at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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View of Toelle Avenue

Date: 1925
Description: View down dirt road running through homes and trees in a neighborhood. A man stands in the road. Text at foot of photograph reads, "Toelle Ave. 138+12 Look...
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Summerfest

Date: 1982
Description: Bird's-eye view of a large crowd of music fans gathered at Summerfest, looking northeast toward the current site of Discovery World. Sailboats are on Lake ...
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Summerfest

Date: 1982
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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Wisconsin on Parade

Date: 1915
Description: Stamp advertising the 1915 Wisconsin State Fair. Includes an illustration of a woman waving a "Wis." pennant, overlooking crowds at the fairground. Stamp t...
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International Harvester Entrance Gate at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1940
Description: Entrance gate for International Motor trucks at the Wisconsin State Fair. Just beyond the entrance are a group of people near a drinking fountain. Trucks a...
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International Motor Trucks at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1940
Description: View of a group of International Harvester trucks on display outdoors at the Wisconsin State Fair. Every truck in the display was sold to a customer and le...
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International Motor Trucks at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1940
Description: Elevated view looking down at the International Motor truck display at the Wisconsin State Fair. Every truck in the display was sold to a customer and lett...
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Need Two Tickets

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: View down grassy lawn bordered by trees towards two men wearing suits who are walking along a metal barricade blocking the sidewalk and street on the righ...
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Peeling Carrots

Date: 05 26 1958
Description: A boy in a Boy Scouts uniform for Milwaukee County Council 406 is sitting on a camp stool and peeling carrots. Caption reads: "Peeling carrots was unexciti...
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A Close Look

Date: 06 29 1989
Description: Two boys and a man are looking into the cockpit of a race car. Caption reads: "A CLOSE LOOK — David Berner (left), 11, of West Allis, and Jay Gmeindl, 9, o...
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Wedding Preparations

Date: 07 1917
Description: In preparation for the supper to celebrate the wedding of Gertrude Merker and Clifford F. Messinger, tables with tablecloths and chairs have been placed in...

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