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| Description: | Crowds jam the midway at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowds packing the Midway at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Midway performer (left) at the Wisconsin State Fair and an audience, primarily boys and men listening to an unseen speaker. |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | People strolling on the midway and stopping to observe the booths and displays. In the background is a large building with flags. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | A costumed young woman who danced as part of the Carioca Revue stands on a stage in the midway of the Wisconsin State Fair, perhaps waiting to perform. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Midway Pleasance viewed from Illinois Central Viaduct; large Ferris wheel in background; large crowd, mostly walking in the direction of the Ferris wheel. |
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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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| Description: | Four female bakers are holding up large trays laden with fresh cream puffs at a State Fair midway concession stand, while an eager crowd stands waiting in ... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Columbian Exposition; from the midway looking east from the Ferris wheel. |
| Date: | 07 16 1971 |
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| Description: | Bette Brown of Hartland pulls her somewhat reluctant cows across the midway at the Waukesha County Fairgrounds. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Ferris wheel and midway at the Columbian Exposition, viewed from Hotel Epworth. |
| Date: | 07 26 1966 |
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| Description: | Several young people pause behind the fence to look at a midway ride in action at the Washington County Junior Fair. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of elevated view of the midway of the Chicago World's Fair from the Ferris wheel. |
| Date: | 06 1961 |
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| Description: | Mamie and Rita Arms, daughters of Lewis Arms, sharing a midway ride at Peppermint Park. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of elevated view of the midway of the Chicago World's Fair from the Ferris wheel. |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Crowded midway at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. Signs above booths read "Circus Candy," "Cigarettes," "Snow Balls," "Souvenirs," "Guess?" and "Aqua ... |
| Date: | 08 30 1954 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowd of bystanders gathered in front of the tent of Jimmy Demetral's Wrestling Arena on the midway at the Wisconsin State Fair, as male w... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Midway area of the Wisconsin State Fair, showing a truck advertising peanuts at 5 cents in the center background. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a community fair with tents set up for exhibits. Two buildings with signs are just beyond the tents on the midway, with signs that read, o... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| 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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