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Aerial View of Atwood Avenue and Fair Oaks Avenue Intersection

Date: 1945
Description: An aerial view, looking northeast, that includes the intersection at Atwood and Fair Oaks Avenues. Elmside Circle Park is on the bottom left. The Madison-K...
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America's Dairyland Cart

Date: 1939
Description: Cart built by Ideal Body Co. for dairy industry for use at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Horse Race at Camp Randall Fairgrounds

Date: 09 10 1879
Description: Crowd at the Camp Randall fairgrounds watching a horse race, part of that year's Wisconsin State Fair. Carriages and people are near buildings on the left,...
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Aerial View of Dane County Fair Grounds

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of the Dane County fairgrounds, including several buildings and a track.
Map or Atlas

Madison, Site of the University of Wisconsin and Capital of the State

Date: 1889
Description: This map shows a plat of city, city limits, numbered blocks, numbered lots, wards, local streets, roads, railroads, street railways, fire limits, hydrants,...
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Pyrofax Plant

Date: 10 09 1929
Description: Interior of Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Co. Pyrofax plant under construction, 130 Fair Oaks Avenue, looking north west.
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Pyrofax Plant

Date: 10 16 1929
Description: Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Co. Pyrofax plant under construction, 130 Fair Oaks Avenue, looking north through gates.
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Altrusa Club Country Fair

Date: 05 09 1961
Description: Exterior view of the hen house on the Elizabeth McCoy Syene Road farm. It was converted into a gift shop for the annual Altrusa club annual country fair.
Historical Essay

Wisconsin State Fair - Image Gallery Essay

View a pictorial review of the Wisconsin State Fair from 1851 when it began.
Photograph

Theta Sigma Phi Alumnae Holiday Book Fair

Date: 11 19 1951
Description: A woman reads to two children at the First Unitarian Church on University Bay Drive prior to the upcoming Theta Sigma Phi Alumnae "Holiday Book Fair" that ...
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Dane County Junior Fair 4-H Style Show

Date: 07 22 1961
Description: Carla Frye, Verona, models her Dane County Junior Fair 4-H style show dress for her dormitory "sisters" Sue Jalings, Oregon, seated left; Joyce Dvorak, Dee...
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Phoenix Hosiery Window Display

Date: 06 23 1933
Description: Manchester's window display featuring Phoenix Hosiery manufactured at the Chicago Century of Progress World's Fair and featured as prizes in a contest. Cen...
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Pyrofax Plant

Date: 09 1929
Description: View across field towards the Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Co. Pyrofax plant under construction, 130 Fair Oaks Avenue, almost finished.
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Pyrofax Plant

Date: 09 1929
Description: View across field towards the Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Co. Pyrofax plant under construction, 130 Fair Oaks Avenue, almost finished.
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Madison Traction Company Repair Shop

Date: 1909
Description: The repair shop of the Madison Traction Company on Fair Oaks Avenue, with five streetcars and a team of horses in the foreground.
Photograph

Block Building

Date: 04 1981
Description: Concrete block building on old Madison Metro bus garage grounds, Fair Oaks Avenue at Gateway Place. Parking spots are available for the manager and the sup...
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Pyrofax Plant

Date: 09 25 1929
Description: Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Co. Pyrofax plant under construction, 130 Fair Oaks Avenue, looking towards a chain link fence and gate surrounding the plant. R...
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Streetcar Repair Shop

Date: 1910
Description: Interior view of the repair shop of the Madison Traction Company on Fair Oaks Avenue. An open streetcar is on the ramp, with a closed car from the Wingra P...
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NCAA Boxing Tournament

Date: 04 12 1956
Description: Wisconsin's Joji Tomei dodges a punch from Houston's Jack Fair during the NCAA boxing tournament.
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Angle Worm Station, Lake Monona

Date: 1906
Description: Angle Worm Station, at the foot of South Carroll Street on Lake Monona. The signs on the building advertise: the "Dane County Fair," "Nichols Sells Souveni...

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