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Wisconsin State Fair Brochure

Date: 1955
Description: Brochure advertising the 1955 Wisconsin State Fair featuring images of several fair attractions.
Photograph

Motorcyclist and Crowd

Date: 
Description: A motorcyclist drives down the middle of the road, possibly in a race, as a crowd looks on.
Photograph

Street Crowd with Motorcycles

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Description: A crowd of people in the street, many of them with motorcycles, possibly getting ready to race.
Photograph

Milwaukee Motorcycle Race

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Description: Motorcyclists at the start of the race, probably at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds.
Photograph

Motorcycle Race

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Description: A crowd is watching as a motorcycle racer prepares to cross the finish line. Although unidentified, the race is thought to have taken place at the State Fa...
Photograph

Badger Derby Winner

Date: 1935
Description: The 1935 Badger Derby winner, John T. Chasty, receiving his trophy. He is sitting on his motorcycle and is wearing motorcycle gear and a special derby hat....
Photograph

At the Badger Derby

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Description: A man is riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle in the Badger Derby. He is racing through a ditch filled with sand, wearing motorcycle gear. On the opposite...
Photograph

Motorcycles with Sidecars

Date: 1935
Description: A man, on the right, is riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle with a man in a sidecar, on the left, in an event for the Badger Derby. The driver who is smoki...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 226-234

Date: 
Description: As a sporting proposition of gaiety infused with taxes
no modern culture could survive
without a touch of France

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