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| Description: | Waitresses and waiters lined up inside the Dining Tent, ready to serve a large gathering. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowd outside the entrance to the Grandstand at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
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| Description: | Young children ride a small roller coaster at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
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| Description: | Display of Maytag wringer-type washing machines in the Industry Building at the Wisconsin State Fair. In the background is a display for Miller Beer, 5 cen... |
| Date: | 07 24 1952 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Wisconsin State Fair grounds, showing the GMC trucks tent and the residential neighborhood that bordered the grounds. |
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| Description: | Bob Stuth, a motorcycle racer from Milwaukee, who competed at the Wisconsin State Fair. He is riding a Harley Davidson cycle and wearing a shirt that adver... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | The pit crew works on #26, a Ford Fairlane, during an automobile race at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Actor Jack Carson congratulating the winner of the Wisconsin Dairy Queen at the Wisconsin State Fair, while another competitor is looking on. |
| Date: | 08 1953 |
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| Description: | Fairgoers viewing a special exhibit of Milwaukee Braves memorabilia. This was the first season during which the Braves played in Milwaukee. |
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| Description: | 4-H Club band playing near the Police Station at the Wisconsin State Fair. In the background is the Agriculture Department's Milk House. |
| Date: | 08 30 1954 |
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| Description: | A group of girls, including several Girl Scouts in uniform, photographed in the youth residence hall at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | The Department of Agriculture's "All You Can Drink for Ten Cents" milk booth at the Wisconsin State Fair. On the roof is a cow crafted from a bale of hay. ... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A WPA program on the State Fair Grounds. The workers have dug a long trench, and the project probably concerns improved sanitary facilities for the fair, a... |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | The Department of Agriculture's Cheese promotion booth at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. The booth urges consumers to "Serve Wisconsin Dated Cheese."... |
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| Description: | At the Department of Agriculture's Milk House at the Wisconsin State Fair, an elderly woman, Mrs. Shimmon of Milwaukee, and a young man drink milk from pap... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Alice in Dairyland standing with midget auto race winner Sam Hanks, a noted Indianapolis 500 driver, and Neal Carter, the fastest qualifier in the 100-mile... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Governor Oscar Rennebohm speaking into a microphone on Governor's Day at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 08 30 1954 |
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| Description: | Near the Department of Agriculture's Milk House, two baton twirlers in an obvious promotion photograph sit on top of a car and raise their paper cups of mi... |
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| Description: | Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr., sits in the grandstand at the Wisconsin State Fair with two FFA presidents: Joanne Salom of Chilton and Joe Conlin of Colum... |
| Date: | 07 29 1954 |
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| Description: | Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr., speaking into the microphone on the WLS stage at the Wisconsin State Fair. At the time the Chicago station was best known f... |
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