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Truck Driver Joseph Gonzalez in International DB-405 Truck

Date: 1963
Description: Truck driver Joseph Gonzalez in his International DB-405 Budweiser beer truck at the terminus of U.S. Highway 1. A sign in front of the truck reads "end of...
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Female Circus Performer

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Description: A female Cole Brothers Circus performer is shown in costume, wearing a tall plumed hat, with a tent as a backdrop.
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Trapeze Artist Erma Ward

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Description: Erma Ward, a circus trapeze artist, dangles by one hand from a ring high in a circus tent.
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Circus Performers Astride Horse

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Description: Five circus performers, female and male, sit or stand astride a horse with a tent as a backdrop.
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Cole Brothers Side Show

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Description: A crowd of circus goers gathers outside the tent of the Cole Brothers Combined Side Shows, with acts announced by a barker standing on a platform.
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Circus Side Show Posters

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Description: People gather near a circus poster display advertising side show attractions.
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Boys Looking into Circus Tent

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Description: Three young boys, kneeling in the grass, peer into a circus tent at the elephants.
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Trapeze Artist Emily Schadel

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Description: Studio portrait of trapeze artist Emily Schadel, posing on a trapeze.
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Circus Show Buggy and Bandwagon

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Description: Dode Fisk, the operator of a dog and pony show and circus, drives a wire-wheeled show buggy pulled by the horse "Bobby". They are photographed next to a ...
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Elmer the Bull

Date: 1951
Description: Elmer, "husband" of Elsie the Cow, advertising mascot of the Borden Company, is shown with a young woman as he was being readied for participation as one o...
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Farm Museum Exhibit

Date: 1951
Description: Two men examine a hook attached to a huge wagon, part of a Farm Museum Exhibit at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Green Bay Packers Fans

Date: 07 20 1970
Description: Packer fans, despite bad weather, wait in line Sunday outside The Milwaukee Journal Company building to wait for Monday's football ticket sale. First in li...
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Baseball Stadium

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Description: View of Milwaukee County baseball stadium showing parking lot in foreground and including view of stadium seating and field with players.
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Boy with Giant Cheese

Date: 1940
Description: Boy dressed in coat and hat and sipping milk from a bottle poses with "Goliath," the world's biggest cheese, which is resting on a wheeled platform. Round ...
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Water Skier with Inflatable Doll

Date: 08 08 1989
Description: Water skier lifting an inflatable doll during an Aquaducks show.
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Totem Pole Room at Cave of the Mounds

Date: 1945
Description: Totem Pole Room at the Cave of the Mounds. Caption on back of print reads: "The Totem Pole Room is popular with visitors because of the rich coloring and r...

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