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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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Wisconsin State Fair Parking

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Description: Elevated view of a parking lot filled with cars at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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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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Wagon Exhibit Area

Date: 1909
Description: Farm wagon display area at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Cattle Barns at the State Fair

Date: 1900
Description: Cattle barns at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Wisconsin State Fair Parking

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Description: Panorama view of a parking lot filled with cars at the state fair.
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Library Booth at Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1922
Description: Booth at the Wisconsin State Fair promoting the Wisconsin Free Library Commission.
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Governor Goodland at the Fair

Date: 1944
Description: Looking every bit his age (82), Governor Walter S. Goodland arrives at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Horse Barns at the State Fair

Date: 1900
Description: View of the Wisconsin State Fair showing the long row of horse barns.
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Harness Racing at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1953
Description: Harness racers are shown in action at the Wisconsin State Fair Park, with an audience watching from the grandstand.
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Livestock Judging at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1960
Description: An audience watches and judges stand by as cattle are lined up to be judged in a pavilion at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Hog showing at the Wisconsin State Fair

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Description: A crowd watches as boys try to steer their pigs with canes during judging in a pen at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Freddy's Calf

Date: 1942
Description: Freddy Lang of rural Dane County with the Guernsey calf he planned to enter in the Junior Fair competition at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Cattle Parade at the Fair

Date: 1900
Description: Annual cattle parade at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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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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Calf for the Fair Competition

Date: 1942
Description: Phyllis Paulson of Stoughton with the calf she planned to enter in the Junior Fair competition at the Wisconsin State Fair. The calf's name was Elsie, perh...
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Tractor Boy

Date: 09 03 1953
Description: A boy sits in the seat and takes the steering wheel of a shiny new tractor at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Farm Museum Exhibit

Date: 1951
Description: Two men examine a hook attached to a huge wagon, part of a Farm Museum Exhibit at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Demolition Train

Date: 1902
Description: Elevated view of a locomotive collision at the Wisconsin State Fair. This was a much advertised spectacle.
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Alice in Dairyland with Sheep

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Description: Alice in Dairyland interacts with sheep in a pen at the Wisconsin State Fair.

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