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| Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers |
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| Ben Barkin, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers |
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| Description: | Circus parade at the corner of West Water and Grand Avenue. Crowds on the sidewalk and in horse-drawn vehicles are watching horse-drawn cages and other veh... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowds watching a circus parade at the corner of West Water and Grand Avenue. In the foreground are four people on horseback. Beyond them ... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a derailed train carrying circus animals and a man op... |
| Date: | 07 04 1963 |
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| Description: | Four children are standing looking at a circus wagon labeled "Pawnee Bill" which is chained to the bed of an International truck. The wagon was part of a 2... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | An International CO-192 truck leads a 25-piece circus parade through downtown streets. The parade originated at Circus World Museum in Baraboo. Additional ... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | A police officer directs a parade of circus wagons carried on International trucks through downtown streets. The 25-piece parade originated at Circus World... |
| Date: | 06 1963 |
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| Description: | A Sauk County traffic police vehicle leads a line of circus wagons through past two church buildings during a parade originating at Circus World Museum in ... |
| A Popular Speaker Sways Opinion |
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| Discover the connection between P.T. Barnum and the 1853 statewide referendum on liquor sales. |
| The Tragedy of January 10, 1883 |
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| Read about the tragic fire that burned down Milwaukee landmark, the Newhall House Hotel, leaving 76 dead. |
| Date: | 06 29 1972 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of crowd on railroad tracks near flatbed railroad cars carrying circus wagons for a parade. |
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