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Harvey Nelson with a Horse

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Description: Young farmer Harvey A. Nelson, holding onto a large horse's lead, is standing next to an International truck at Gray View Farm. The truck's front bumper be...
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Centennial Fair Preparations

Date: 08 1948
Description: Fair employees use a crane to position a version of the Forward statue that was the symbol of the 1948 Wisconsin Centennial Exposition and State Fair.
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Loading Big Log

Date: 1936
Description: Loading a large white pine log cut on the Menominee Indian Reservation onto a truck. The log was hauled to the Wisconsin State Fair for a display about the...
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Men Erecting Tent

Date: 08 1948
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...
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Brink's Express Money Truck at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1940
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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