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Farmers Club Meeting

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Description: Community Fair of the Bashaw Valley Farmers Club. E.L. Lutcher, head of the farmers institutes program of the agricultural extension, described the area a...
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Calf Competition

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Description: Competitors in the calf judging lining up with their animals at the Portage County fair.
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County Fair Demonstration

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Description: The Wisconsin Agricultural Extension labeled this photograph: "Typical scene at a Co Fair." It shows a home economics demonstration to a largely female au...
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Calf Club on Parade

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Description: Members of Pierce County's 4-H calf clubs on parade at a fair.
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Wilhelm Tell Festival Flag Bearers

Date: 1952
Description: Four women in Swiss costume, three of whom are holding flags, at the Wilhelm Tell Festival.
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Entrance to the Wisconsin State Fair

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Description: People milling about between a trolley car and the main entrance to the State Fair Park.
Print

Hammer Blow Tool Catalog

Date: 1933
Description: Catalog cover of the Hammer Blow Tool Company of Wausau, Wisconsin, probably meant to accompany the company's display at the Chicago Century of Progress. T...
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Panorama of Chippewa Indians at Odanah Fair

Date: 1912
Description: Panoramic image of Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians at a fair in northern Wisconsin. Caption under the image reads, "Souvenier [sic] of Odanah, Fair 1913."...
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Panama-Pacific Exposition Grounds

Date: 10 20 1914
Description: Elevated, panoramic view of the Panama-Pacific Exposition Grounds. Numbers across bottom of image refer to a key affixed to the image. Central building s...
Postcard

County Fair

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Description: Elevated view of the county fair, including Ferris wheel and horse racetrack. Caption reads: "The World's Best County Fair, Beaver Dam, Wis."
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Soul Roots Festival Dance Interpretation

Date: 04 1968
Description: Dance interpretation of "Down on Me," a spiritual, as part of the Soul Roots Festival, April 26-27. Silhouettes of dancers with their arms raised.
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Soul Roots Festival Performance

Date: 04 1968
Description: Clown Mathis, dancing to the song "Steal Away" during a performance at the Soul Roots Festival, April 26-27.
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Barron County Fair Grounds

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Description: Crowd at fairground, with people watching from horse-drawn vehicles in the foreground, more spectators in the grandstands with umbrellas in the background.
Poster

Kaukauna Fall Fest Poster

Date: 09 1972
Description: Poster advertising for Fall Fest in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, held September 16-17, 1972, at the Wisconsin International Raceway. Festival featured 16 bands, in...
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P&H 30-Ton Type "AN" Bridge Crane at St. Louis Exposition

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Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 30-ton type "AN" bridge crane with a 5-ton type "A" trolley at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair in either the Palace of Electricity ...
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P&H 50-Ton Type "AN" Bridge Crane at St. Louis Exposition

Date: 1904
Description: A Pawling & Harnischfeger 50-ton type "AN" bridge crane with a 10-ton type "A" trolley with standard a block at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair in either t...
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Grandstands at Wisconsin State Fair

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Description: Elevated view of crowd of people outside of the grandstands at the Wisconsin State Fair grounds.
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Aerial View of Wisconsin State Fairgrounds

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Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds, including the grandstands, racetrack, and parking lot.
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Carnival Banners

Date: 1914
Description: The exterior of carnival banners with people gathered in front of them. Probably depicting "Gay Paree" at the State Fair.
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Street Carnival

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Description: Children gathered in front steps and on a platform with large painted banners at a street carnival, possibly the State Fair. There is also a stand with an ...

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