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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowds strolling through the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. In the background is a Ferris wheel, and a banner encouraging fair goers to "tal... |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a "Pronto-Dog" stand at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition staffed by three people. Behind the stand is an amusement park ride. |
| Date: | 09 01 1921 |
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| Description: | Crowds of people walking, with amusement rides in the backround. Presumably the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Exhibits of farm equipment and the gasoline engines that would have powered some of them at the Wisconsin State Fair. A Ferris wheel is visible in the back... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking down at the International Motor truck display at the Wisconsin State Fair. Every truck in the display was sold to a customer and lett... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | The set up or take down of a Northern Wisconsin County Fair, showing men working on a Ferris wheel and large tents. There is a truck in the foreground and ... |
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| Description: | Men and women sit inside a row of four Ford Model T's in the parking lot at a fair in Wisconsin. Many of the men wear straw boater hats. Carnival rides, in... |
| Date: | 08 12 1967 |
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| Description: | A smiling Governor Knowles surveys the Wisconsin State Fairground from the top of the giant Ferris Wheel on the fair's midway. He spent the day at the Stat... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | People are riding on a Ferris wheel above a crowd of people walking around a fairgrounds. |
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| Description: | Outdoor view of several children riding a carousel underneath a large canvas awning on a lawn under trees. |
| Date: | 06 21 1958 |
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| Description: | Attending the grand opening of the Vilas Park merry-go-round are, (L-R): Lawrence H. Fitzpatrick, Wisconsin State Journal managing editor; Robert C.... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Walworth County Fair. A large crowd gathers around a carousel. |
| Date: | 08 01 1944 |
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| Description: | Photograph of Lois Bailey, who was thrown from the Tilt-a-Whirl ride at the Madison East Side Festival, suffering injuries to her face and head. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View from sidewalk of a street carnival with tents, circus banners and a Ferris Wheel set up in the middle of the street. Signboards advertise ice cream an... |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of the Summerfest grounds. The Miller Jazz Oasis and Miller Cafe are in the foreground, and the TV 6 Comedy Cabaret and the Main Stage are ... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of two boys riding a ski lift high above a crowd of people and a stage below them a the bottom of a hill. The crowd is waiting for the musica... |
| Date: | 07 2014 |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards a woman standing behind a fence at the base of the Ferris wheel waiting for customers at the La Fete de Marquette Festival. |
| Date: | 08 06 1944 |
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| Description: | Five speakers at the Gisholt Machine Company picnic, taken at the Blooming Grove carnival grounds. Left to right: Marion "Red" Borland, president of Gishol... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a Ferris Wheel on Main Street. Men and women are strolling about and many storefronts can be seen. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | View across field towards a large canvas tent set up for the Ford and Fordson Exhibit by the Rock County Authorized Dealers. There are a number of Fordson ... |
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