Date: | 08 1948 |
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Description: | Fair employees use a crane to complete the positioning of the "Forward" statue at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. The grandstand can be seen in the ba... |
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Description: | Race car driver Paul Russo of Kenosha at the Wisconsin State Fair. He raced in 13 Indianapolis 500 races. |
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Description: | Elevated view of crowds packing the Midway at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Cattle judging at the Wisconsin State Fair. The cattle barns C and D are in the background. |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | A Jersey herd being lined up for the judges at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | A farmer shows off his percheron colt at the Wisconsin State Fair. At the turn of the century when a farmer's livelihood was dependent on his horses, the d... |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | View of the Wisconsin State Fair showing the long row of horse barns. |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | East door of the Livestock Judging Pavilion at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
Date: | 1905 |
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Description: | Exhibits of farm equipment and the gasoline engines that would have powered some of them at the Wisconsin State Fair. A Ferris wheel is visible in the back... |
Date: | 1930 |
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Description: | The city of West Allis, including an artist's rendition of the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company. One of the largest machinery manufacturing plants in A... |
Date: | 10 02 1912 |
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Description: | African American heavyweight boxing champion, Jack Johnson, drove up to Milwaukee from his home in Chicago to watch the Vanderbilt Cup race on October 2, 1... |
Date: | 10 05 1912 |
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Description: | A wrecked automobile, which crashed during the 1912 Milwaukee Grand Prize Race (later called the American Grand Prix); possibly car #35, in which driver Ra... |
Date: | 10 1912 |
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Description: | Driver David Bruce-Brown and mechanic Tony Scudelari pose in their race car. Although they had been warned that their tires appeared worn, on October 1, 19... |
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Description: | Summer camp for Wisconsin farm women on the grounds of the Wisconsin State Fair, with Wisconsin home economics leader Nellie Kedzie Jones. Mrs. Jones is pr... |
Date: | 1952 |
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Description: | The driver of the wienermobile finds the entrance to the Oscar Mayer tent at the Wisconsin State Fair too low for it to get in. |
Date: | 1935 |
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Description: | The Fruits and Flowers Building at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
Date: | 1944 |
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Description: | Capitol Theatre building at 7239 W. Greenfield Avenue, Grimsrud shoe store, and surrounding commercial buildings. |
Date: | 1944 |
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Description: | Looking west from S. 73rd Street at the Capitol Theatre and surrounding commercial buildings along W. Greenfield Avenue. Automobiles are parked on both sid... |
Date: | 1934 |
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Description: | Ornamental street lighting system along a street in a local business district. House on corner is near a sign that says "Lot for Sale." |
Date: | 1934 |
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Description: | Ornamental street lighting system in a residential district. Street sign on corner reads "W. Hayes Ave." Newly planted young trees are along the terraces n... |
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