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Chicken Plucking

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Description: A chicken plucking demonstration at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Millinery Exhibit

Date: 1921
Description: 4-H millinery display team at the 1921 Wisconsin State Fair.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduation

Date: 06 18 1933
Description: Speakers, graduates, and guests are seated in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House, the venue for the University of Wisconsin-Madison commenceme...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduation

Date: 06 20 1932
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison graduation ceremony in the Field House.
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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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University of Wisconsin Graduation

Date: 06 17 1955
Description: The stands at Camp Randall Stadium are packed for University of Wisconsin graduation.
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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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Nellie Kedzie Jones

Date: 1920
Description: Audience surrounding Nellie Kedzie Jones on the Agricultural Extension Home Economics circuit in Northern Wisconsin.
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State Assembly Audience

Date: 1947
Description: Audience at a session of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
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Race Car at Wisconsin State Fairgrounds

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Description: A race car is moved along the racetrack at the Wisconsin State Fair Park by its pit crew as a grandstand full of spectators watch.
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Motorcycle Racers

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Description: Ten motorcycle racers line up abreast on the track at the Wisconsin State Fair Park. A group of spectators watches from the stands.
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University of Wisconsin Mid-Year Graduation

Date: 01 18 1958
Description: Convocation ceremonies of mid-year University of Wisconsin graduation class in the Union theater.
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Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry

Date: 10 26 1945
Description: Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry leaving the stand after delivering the address presenting the Wisconsin Silver Service aboard the USS "Wisconsin".
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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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University of Wisconsin Graduation

Date: 06 17 1955
Description: Flanked by families and friends, the University of Wisconsin class of 1955 is seated in the stands at their graduation in Camp Randall Stadium.
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Menominee Indian Band

Date: 01 05 1948
Description: Menominee Indian Band playing at the Wisconsin Centennial Year Kick-off Ceremony in the Wisconsin State Capitol. They played a one hour concert in the mor...
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Walt Kelly on Book Tour

Date: 09 26 1952
Description: University of Wisconsin students in the Rathskeller during a presentation by the cartoonist Walt Kelly.
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Accordionist at the Fair

Date: 1936
Description: A young accordionist plays a solo for the crowd at the Wisconsin State Fair, while another young player watches.
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University of Wisconsin Commencement

Date: 06 20 1952
Description: Graduating seniors seated at the commencement ceremonies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House. The band is seated in the foreground.
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University of Wisconsin Graduation

Date: 06 19 1954
Description: One of three negatives that make a panorama of University of Wisconsin graduates and families sitting in the stands at Camp Randall Stadium during graduati...

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