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Large Crowd at the Fair

Date: 09 01 1920
Description: Crowds of individuals at the fair, presumably the Wisconsin State Fair.
Photograph

Wisconsin State Fair Midway

Date: 
Description: Crowds jam the midway at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Drawing

State Fair Grounds

Date: 1870
Description: The State Fair grounds.
Photograph

Crowds at the Fair

Date: 09 01 1921
Description: Crowds of individuals at the fair, presumable the Wisconsin State Fair.
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin State Fair Brochure

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

Fair Midway Crowds

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of crowds packing the Midway at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Photograph

Wisconsin State Fair Parking

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of a parking lot filled with cars at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Photograph

Cattle Barns at the State Fair

Date: 1900
Description: Cattle barns at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Photograph

Wisconsin State Fair Parking

Date: 
Description: Panorama view of a parking lot filled with cars at the state fair.
Manuscript

Wisconsin State Fair Letterhead

Date: 1950
Description: Letterhead for the Wisconsin State Fair, with a blue ribbon against a red band on the left-hand side. The state fair ribbon includes the state seal and dat...
Manuscript

Wisconsin State Fair Letterhead

Date: 1951
Description: Letterhead for the Wisconsin State Fair, with dark blue top and a side panel along the left-hand side with roundels depicting fair activities such as fair ...
Poster

Wisconsin State Fair Poster

Date: 1900
Description: Color chromolithograph poster advertising the Wisconsin State Fair.
Photograph

Works Projects Administration at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1938
Description: Fair-goers stand in line to enter the W.P.A. Exhibit tent at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Photograph

Calf for the Fair Competition

Date: 1942
Description: Phyllis Paulson of Stoughton with the calf she planned to enter in the Junior Fair competition at the Wisconsin State Fair. The calf's name was Elsie, perh...
Photograph

Freddy's Calf

Date: 1942
Description: Freddy Lang of rural Dane County with the Guernsey calf he planned to enter in the Junior Fair competition at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Photograph

Sheep at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 
Description: Men preparing their sheep for judging at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Postcard

County Fair

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of the county fair, including Ferris wheel and horse racetrack. Caption reads: "The World's Best County Fair, Beaver Dam, Wis."
Photograph

Wagon Exhibit Area

Date: 1909
Description: Farm wagon display area at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Poster

National Championship Motorcycle Races

Date: 08 26 1950
Description: Poster advertising the National Championship Motorcycle Races at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Photograph

Palmer State Fair Barn

Date: 06 2019
Description: Palmer State Fair 1930s-era barn.

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