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Wisconsin State Fair Midway

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Description: Crowds jam the midway at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Midway Motor Lodge

Date: 1977
Description: A Midway Motor Lodge, with the Interstate traffic just behind it.
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Fair Midway Crowds

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Description: Elevated view of crowds packing the Midway at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Midway Pleasance, Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: Columbian Exposition; North side of Midway Pleasance viewed from Madison Avenue.
National or State Registers Record

Address Restricted

Community: Onalaska
County: La Crosse
Historic Name: Midway Village Site
Reference Number: 78000111
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Midway Scene

Date: 1936
Description: Midway performer (left) at the Wisconsin State Fair and an audience, primarily boys and men listening to an unseen speaker.
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Fair Midway

Date: 1894
Description: People strolling on the midway and stopping to observe the booths and displays. In the background is a large building with flags.
Property Record

N6051 FILLER ST

Community: Onalaska
County: La Crosse
Historic Name: Midway School
Reference Number: 129940
Property Record

STATE HIGHWAY 70

Community: Wood River
County: Burnett
Historic Name: MIDWAY SCHOOL
Reference Number: 4064
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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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Midway Scene

Date: 1936
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.
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Midway Barn

Date: 1938
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, ...
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Midway Pleasance, Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
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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Irish Village, Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: Columbian Exposition; Foreground: Irish Village in Midway; Background: Buildings in Jackson Park.
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Reluctant Cows at Fairgrounds

Date: 07 16 1971
Description: Bette Brown of Hartland pulls her somewhat reluctant cows across the midway at the Waukesha County Fairgrounds.
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Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: Elevated view of the Columbian Exposition; from the midway looking east from the Ferris wheel.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Midway church is landmark

Date: 1935-09-08
County: La Crosse
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Property Record

1835 ROSE ST

Community: La Crosse
County: La Crosse
Historic Name: MIDWAY MOTOR LODGE
Reference Number: 238706
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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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Cream Puff Concession

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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 ...

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