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Two Mayors at the Fair

Date: 1941
Description: Mayor Carl Zeidler of Milwaukee and Mayor Leo J. Promen of Fond du Lac at the Wisconsin State Fair. Zeidler is sipping Coca-Cola from a bottle and Promen i...
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Ice Cream Eating Contest

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Description: Actor Jack Carson and two boys competing in an ice cream eating contest at the State Fair. The boys are identified as John Schroeder of West Bend and Jacki...
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Popcorn Eaters

Date: 08 16 1941
Description: Eugene Barter, Jack Rosenthal, and Roland Small snack on popcorn on Children's Day at Wisconsin State Fair in 1941.
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Woman and Child with 11FC Freezer

Date: 1949
Description: A woman in a dress, apron, heels, and earrings leaning over an open International Harvester freezer, smiling at a girl. The girl, in a dress, braided pigta...
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Man and Woman with 11FC Freezer

Date: 1949
Description: A woman in an apron, dress, and heels, standing on one side of an open International Harvester freezer with a food package in her hand. On the other side, ...
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Man and Woman with 11FC Freezer

Date: 1949
Description: A woman is standing on the left in a dress, apron, and heels holding packaged food. On the right is a man standing on the other side of an open Internation...
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Woman with 15FC Freezer

Date: 1949
Description: A woman in a long dress, heels, earrings, and a double strand of pearls is holding of platter of food in front of an open International Harvester freezer.
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Canning Demonstration

Date: 1914
Description: A group of men and women surround O.H. Benson as he gives a canning demonstration in the office of County Superintendent Tobin. Canning equipment stands on...
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Home Economics Department Exhibit

Date: 05 1918
Description: An exhibit inside a building displaying examples of how to make meals for "a patriot's table," as well as the relative value of different foods. A handmade...

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