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Dairy Progress Map, 1918

WHI 40880

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Wisconsin State Fair Brochure, 1948

Color brochure advertising fair. WHI 33360

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Wisconsin State Fair Mural with Oxen, 1948

A team of oxen and a wagon, supplied by retired farmers William and Charles Ward, were displayed in front of 1848 Scene, Mural 3 during the 1948 State Fair. Source: Wisconsin Centennial, 1948. Report of Agricultural Committee.

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1948 Wisconsin State Fair Murals

Learn more about the 1948 Wisconsin State Fair and Wisconsin's agricultural development by browsing these related images, videos, documents, and magazine articles.

About the 1948 State Fair

• See the Agricultural Committee Report on the 1948 State Fair

  Final Reports of the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition Organizing Committees, 1948. Read about the fair and see photos in the report.

• See More on the State Fair

  See historical images relating to the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition, August 1948

• Read the Magazine Article

  See "Preserving the 'Big Picture' for Wisconsin," an article about this preservation project on the 1948 Centennial Fair Murals, published in the Autumn 2011 "Wisconsin Magazine of History"

• See 1948 State Fair Promotional Materials

  Promotional Material Created for the 1948 Wisconsin Centennial Exposition.

• The Wisconsin Century Book

  Official publication of the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition, August 7-29, 1948

About Agricultural Development

• Farming and Rural Life in Wisconsin

  See essays, lesson plans, photographs and lesson plans on rural Wisconsin.

• Rise of Dairy Farming in Wisconsin

  See essays and materials related to Wisconsin's dairy industry.

• Watch the 1937 Film 'The Romance of the Reaper'

  See the development of grain harvesting machines, concentrating on C.H. McCormick's invention of the reaper. A variety of International Harvester farm machines are featured near the end of the film. International Harvester Film Collection (DE 153)