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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Color chromolithograph poster advertising the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a locomotive collision at the Wisconsin State Fair. This was a much advertised spectacle. |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Ojibwa chief's lodge from Lac Courte Orielles Reservation set up at the 1906 Wisconsin State Fair. Note both reed and bark coverings on the lodge. A number... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | John Kaminski and his Curtiss pusher were scheduled to fly at the 1912 Wisconsin State Fairgrounds in Milwaukee, along with several other Curtiss aviators ... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | John Kaminski (who can barely be seen here in his Lincoln Beachey checkered cap), his mechanic, and onlookers attempting to ready his Curtiss pusher for fl... |
| Date: | 06 30 1950 |
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| Description: | The 1950 Alice in Dairyland, Virgina Ruth Peterson, posed sitting on a fence after she was chosen for the title from a field of 18 in the final judging at ... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | The 16 finalists in the 1949 Alice in Dairyland competition pose in front of the Press-Radio building at State Fair Park. LaVonne Herman, fifth from the l... |
| Date: | 09 03 1953 |
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| Description: | Mary Ellen Jenks, the 1953 Alice in Dairyland from Chippewa Falls, rides in the official convertible provided for Alice by Hult's in Madison. She is waving... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Merrie Barney, the 1959 Alice in Dairyland, helps a young boy eating a cream puff, always a favorite treat at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Elmer, "husband" of Elsie the Cow, advertising mascot of the Borden Company, is shown with a young woman as he was being readied for participation as one o... |
| 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: | 1955 |
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| Description: | A smiling girl poses with stalks of gladiolas that won the champion ribbon for "Gladiolus Spike," and the first premium ribbon for "Horticulture Plants and... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | An audience watches and judges stand by as cattle are lined up to be judged in a pavilion at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Miss Wisconsin 1962, Joan Mary Engh, and Alice in Dairyland 1962-63, Sylvia Lee, enjoy a drink of milk with an elderly gentleman during their visit to the ... |
| Date: | 09 03 1953 |
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| Description: | Old cars line up to race at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. |
| Date: | 09 03 1953 |
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| Description: | A boy sits in the seat and takes the steering wheel of a shiny new tractor at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Two men examine a hook attached to a huge wagon, part of a Farm Museum Exhibit at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Senator William Proxmire shakes hands with constituents at the Wisconsin State Fair while eating an ear of corn. |
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