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Nuns at the Wisconsin State Fair

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Description: People saunter along the midway at the Wisconsin State Fair. A group of four nuns appears in the foreground, passing the Hoard's Dairyman booth.
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Light Show at the Fair

Date: 07 26 1966
Description: Several young people pause behind the fence to look at a midway ride in action at the Washington County Junior Fair.
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Arms Sisters at Peppermint Park

Date: 06 1961
Description: Mamie and Rita Arms, daughters of Lewis Arms, sharing a midway ride at Peppermint Park.
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Booths on the Midway

Date: 08 1948
Description: Crowded midway at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. Signs above booths read "Circus Candy," "Cigarettes," "Snow Balls," "Souvenirs," "Guess?" and "Aqua ...
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World's Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: Three men in Arab dress pose in front of the base of an obelisk on the Midway at the World's Columbian Exposition. A gentleman in western dress also poses ...
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View From Top — Governor Warren Knowles

Date: 08 12 1967
Description: A smiling Governor Knowles surveys the Wisconsin State Fairground from the top of the giant Ferris Wheel on the fair's midway. He spent the day at the Stat...
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World's Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: A cyanotype photograph of a man in oriental dress on the Midway of the World's Columbian Exposition. He stands behind a gate; a sign warns, "No Admittance ...
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World's Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: A cyanotype view of Cairo Street on the midway of the World's Columbian Exposition. An Egyptian with a large drum rides a camel as men and boys watch. The ...
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The Country Retreat — Exterior

Date: 09 25 1998
Description: "The Country Retreat is midway between Hartford and Slinger on Hwy. 60. We are joined by Bob & Jean White of Williamston, MI. Bob and Jim were friends in t...
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Amusement Park Ride

Date: 08 1948
Description: A teenage boy caught looking directly at the photographer while riding an amusement park ride at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition midway in the early ev...
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TWA Airplane and Tractor

Date: 08 24 1937
Description: Worker moving Trans World Airlines DC-3 (DC-2?) airplane with an International industrial tractor outside the TWA hangar at Chicago's Municipal Airport (la...
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Boy with Balloon

Date: 08 1948
Description: A young boy inflates a balloon at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. Three people stand behind him near the "Merry Go Round" building, and in the backgro...
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Midway Filling Station on Hwy 16

Date: 1928
Description: View down road towards a filling station near Portage. A man stands while filling his tank. Two boys stand nearby. Under large trees are two pumps, a small...
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Two Young Boys with Farm Scrap Pile

Date: 1942
Description: Two young boys in a pile of metal collected from a scrap drive in front of the Farmers Mercantile Company, an International Harvester dealership. A man sta...
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Police Cadet Walks Beat with Veteran Patrolman

Date: 07 17 1957
Description: Madison recruit policeman Franklin Oswald (left) learns how to operate on the beat by walking with veteran patrolman Eugene Buchanan (right) on Post 33, th...
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Gatun Lighthouse and Locks

Date: 03 1913
Description: An unidentified man in light-colored uniform, on the far left just behind a column, is standing atop the near side of the Gatun Locks near Colon, Panama. O...
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First Church in Sauk — Prairie Region — 1846 — Fr. Inama Founder

Date: 1846
Description: A wooden building enclosed by a fence. Caption on rear of photograph reads: First Church In Sauk-Prairie-Roxbury Region - 1846. Reproduction of an early ph...
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Island Lodge on Archibald Lake

Date: 1907
Description: Slightly elevated view of Island Lodge, with a front porch on the left, and a screened-in porch on the right. Lucy Rumsey Holt and Arthur Dana Wheeler are ...

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