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| Date: | 09 02 1946 |
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| Description: | R.J. Thomas, vice-president UAW-CIO, addresses the crowd at Milwaukee Labor Day celebration, State Fair Park. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A sketch of the winning dress designed by Betty Lou Jahn of Milwaukee for the first Alice in Dairyland in 1948. Not only was the design worn by the first A... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | International Harvester Company booth at the Wisconsin State Fair. A sign on the booth reads: "Check Your Parcels Here." |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the International Harvester Company tent at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Letterhead for the ninety-first Wisconsin State Fair, held August 16-24, with a profile view of a badger set in a banded red semi-circle. Printed in red an... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Letterhead for the centennial exposition of the Wisconsin State Fair, with an illustration of the golden Daniel Chester French "Wisconsin" statue that ador... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Letterhead for the Wisconsin State Fair, with a landscape of red abstract shapes along the bottom and left-hand side of the page. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Letterhead for the Wisconsin State Fair, with vignettes of crowds around the fair gateway, an exhibition hall, and a scene of horse-drawn cart racing. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Sketch of an "Alice in Dairyland" costume for the 10-foot mechanical mannequin of Alice to be displayed at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. A contest w... |
| Date: | 08 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Margaret McGuire receives a lei made of orchids in a ceremony making her the Queen of the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition at the State Fair. The lei was fl... |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, speaks into a WHA microphone in the Dairy Building at the Wisconsin Centennial State Fair. She is surrounded by a cro... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of a group of International Motor trucks on display outdoors at the Wisconsin State Fair. Every truck in the display was sold to a customer and letter... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Mr. Collis Dell and Mr. Allen of the Brink's Company stand outdoors with the Brink's Express Money Truck. The Brink's streamlined money wagon created so mu... |
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