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| Date: | 07 1973 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising for the Dane County Jr. Fair at the Madison fairgrounds, July 18 through 22, 1973. Features a screen printed illustration of a clown, a ... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | A young Jimmy Clark dressed as Baby New Year for 1954. He stands on top of a case of Adler Bräu wearing cowboy boots, underwear, and a sash reading 1954. H... |
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| Description: | Three-quarter length formal portrait in front of a painted backdrop of John Nuwi, a Mascouten (or Prairie) Potawatomi, who lived at Skunk Hill in Wood Coun... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | A man wearing a cowboy hat is operating an International Harvester model HT 340 experimental research tractor in a dirt arena under a tent in front of spec... |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| 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... |
Take a nostalgic ride around the fair with celebrated rural historian, Jerry Apps, as the former 4-H leader and fair judge showcases the history of Wisconsin county fairs (and the state fair) in this salute to one of the Midwest’s greatest summer traditions!
| Price: | $26.95 |
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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Map is a blueline print. Map shows United States postal routes for La Crosse County. A list of stations include: Bangor R R 1-3, Holmen R R 1-2, La Crosse ... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | A tall white pine standing along Lowe's Creek south of Eau Claire. The top of the main trunk has been broken off and a secondary leader has grown from a ho... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Color postcard with an illustration of the hotel, and three inset photographs of a guest room, the bar and the restaurant. Caption at top reads: "Hika, Wis... |
| Community: | Neenah |
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| County: | Winnebago |
| Historic Name: | Charles Herziger's Saloon |
| Reference Number: | 27760 |
| Community: | Menasha |
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| County: | Winnebago |
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| Reference Number: | 69947 |
How Oshkosh Landed the World's Largest Fly-In. A Paper Carrier Remembers D-Day. Book Excerpt: "Meet Me on the Midway." More!
How Oshkosh Landed the World's Largest Fly-In. A Paper Carrier Remembers D-Day. Book Excerpt: "Meet Me on the Midway." More!
| Price: | $8.95 |
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| Date: | 1942 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 07 17 1957 |
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| 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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| Description: | Photographic postcard of Santa and a young girl, Mary Jane Turner, in his sleigh. Her head is next to his and her arm is around his shoulders. Reindeer can... |
| Date: | 08 20 1913 |
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| Description: | I.P. Rumsey is reading a book while lying in the hammock on the porch at Island Lodge. A pillow is tucked under his head. He is dressed in a long sleeved s... |
| Date: | 03 1913 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1846 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| 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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