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Horse Contest
1936
Elevated view over crowd of a horse pulling contest at a county fair. A man is sitting on the back of a truck bed driving two horses on what appears to be a race track.
Horse Pulling Contest
1936
Horse pulling contest at an unidentified Wisconsin county fair. At the time, farmers were making the transition from horse-drawn equipment to tractors and other motorized equipment and soon farmers...
Monkey Island
circa 1936-1940
Spectators looking at the Monkey Island at Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). This is one of many images photographed by Harold Hone for "Wisconsin: A Guide to the Badger State."
Seagulls
circa 1936-1940
A view of seagulls along the rocky shore of one of the Great Lakes.
Grazing Dairy Cows
circa 1936-1940
Seven dairy cows out grazing in a pasture, surrounded by trees.
