click zoom to display a high-res image
Sauk County Fair
Image
A double exposure of a landscape featuring a very large tree and farm houses superimposed on an image of buildings and crowds at the Sauk County Fairgrounds. A banner advertising a clothier is hanging on an elevated bandstand or observation tower on the left. A picket fence crosses the center of the scene.
1906
Cole, Harry Ellsworth, 1861-1928
Publication Information
Physical Description
Collection Information
Copyright Information
W012P8L
WHi 64170
Image
Digital Collections
Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.
Attribution
For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier.
The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.
For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.
Accessing Collections
The vast majority of the items in our collections are not online. The Society owns thousands of archival collections viewable in our Archives reading room. To view and conduct research in our collections, visit us in person.
The Sauk County Fair
1906
Elevated view of crowds milling around attractions on a sunny day at the Sauk County Fair. Sideshows and concessions are on the left, and an oval dirt racing track is on the right.
Sauk County Fair
1906
Visitors to the Sauk County Fair walk by sideshow attractions and concession stands while others stand and converse. The "Grand Electric Palace," a "$10,000 attraction" stands in front of one of t...
Cleopatra's Needle
1910
The rock formation at Devil's Lake known as Cleopatra's Needle.
Point Sauk
1909
Two women and a man stand in the distance on the crest of a grassy rise.
W.H. Canfield
1906
William H. Canfield, an early settler of Sauk County, civil engineer, local historian and archeologist, posing outdoors holding a walking stick.
