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| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Fair-goers stand in line to enter the W.P.A. Exhibit tent at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Boys, in background, watching as a pig, in the foreground, is taking a stroll around the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. |
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| Description: | Waitresses and waiters lined up inside the Dining Tent, ready to serve a large gathering. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Color stamp used to advertise the Wisconsin State Fair. The illustration shows a crowd arriving at the fairgrounds, while a young girl in an ethnic costume... |
| 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: | 1935 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Two men are pounding a tent stake into the ground at the State Fair Park. Behind them are excavating machinery, automobiles and permanent structures associ... |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Two men sheering sheep on a stage surrounded by a crowd of fair-goers, possibly in a competition at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. |
| Date: | 05 29 1948 |
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| Description: | View from interior of a man wearing sunglasses, and a woman at the snack counter at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. Two women are behind the counter s... |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | View from behind of crowd at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition grandstand watching motorcycles line up before a race. In the background are tents as well... |
| Date: | 08 12 1967 |
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| Description: | A smiling Governor Knowles surveys the Wisconsin State Fairground from the top of the giant Ferris Wheel on the fair's midway. He spent the day at the Stat... |
| Date: | 05 29 1948 |
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| Description: | A crowded street at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition State Fairgrounds. Above the crowd is a banner reading "The Fastest And Funniest Show On Ice." Amer... |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | A large crowd has gathered to hear a carnival barker sell bottles of something at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. Cure-all-pills? Snake-oils? No sign ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowds at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Visitors to the Wisconsin State Fair running for shelter at the onset of a sudden rain shower. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| 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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