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Information Booth with "Wisconsin" Statue
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People stand in front of the exterior of the Information Booth at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. A reproduction of the "Wisconsin" statue by Daniel Chester French, found on the top of the Wisconsin State Capitol building's dome, is on the roof of the building.
August 1948
University of Wisconsin. Photographic Laboratory
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Wisconsin State Fair Letterhead
1948
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Wisconsin Centennial T-Shirt
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August 1948
Fair employees use a crane to position a version of the Forward statue that was the symbol of the 1948 Wisconsin Centennial Exposition and State Fair.
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A small crowd leaves the "Alice In Dairyland" building at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition at the State Fair Park.
Evening Crowd at Centennial Exposition
August 1948
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