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| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | A Midway Motor Lodge, with the Interstate traffic just behind it. |
| 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. |
| Community: | Onalaska |
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| County: | La Crosse |
| Historic Name: | Midway School |
| Reference Number: | 129940 |
| Community: | Wood River |
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| County: | Burnett |
| Historic Name: | MIDWAY SCHOOL |
| Reference Number: | 4064 |
| 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. |
| Community: | La Crosse |
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| County: | La Crosse |
| Historic Name: | MIDWAY MOTOR LODGE |
| Reference Number: | 238706 |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Midway Barn at Taliesin, the summer home of architect Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green, ... |
| Community: | Wyoming |
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| County: | Iowa |
| Historic Name: | Taliesin - Midway Farm Buildings |
| Reference Number: | 139059 |
| Community: | Wausau |
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| County: | Marathon |
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| Reference Number: | 236615 |
| 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. |
| Community: | Wausau |
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| County: | Marathon |
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| Reference Number: | 236540 |
| Community: | Wausau |
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| County: | Marathon |
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| Reference Number: | 236614 |
| 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: | 06 1961 |
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| Description: | Mamie and Rita Arms, daughters of Lewis Arms, sharing a midway ride at Peppermint Park. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | View of the Midway Barns, constructed in 1938 on the farmland adjoining Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright's residence and architectural school complex. Taliesin... |
| 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 ... |
| Community: | Wausau |
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| County: | Marathon |
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| Reference Number: | 51211 |
| 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. |
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