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Beer on Tap at the Wisconsin State Fair
Elevated view of employees and patrons gathered around a beer and sandwich concession stand on the midway at the Wisconsin State Fair, where Gettelman On Tap is sold for 5 cents a glass, and a sign...
Alice in Dairyland
1956
Alice in Dairyland, Doris Olsen, holds a cream puff, always a favorite Wisconsin State Fair treat, as she talks with two bakers at the fair.
Wisconsin State Fair
August 1993
"One of the staples at the Wisconsin State Fair is cream puffs. Shirley Widmer is enjoying one."
Alice in Dairyland, Merrie Barney
1959
Merrie Barney, the 1959 Alice in Dairyland, helps a young boy eating a cream puff, always a favorite treat at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Nuns at the Wisconsin State Fair
People saunter along the midway at the Wisconsin State Fair. A group of four nuns appears in the foreground, passing the Hoard's Dairyman booth.