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Poster

Wisconsin State Fair Poster

Date: 1900
Description: Color chromolithograph poster advertising the Wisconsin State Fair.
Poster

Champion Harvesting Machinery Advertising Poster

Date: 1914
Description: Advertising poster featuring color illustrations of Champion brand horse-drawn mowers, reapers, grain binders and hay rakes, as well as an illustration of ...
Photograph

Emery E. Anderson

Date: 06 07 1934
Description: Portrait of Emery E. Anderson, 729 Jenifer Street, who won a $500 consolation prize from the Irish Hospital Sweepstakes fund as a result of the running of ...
Photograph

Harness Racing at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1953
Description: Harness racers are shown in action at the Wisconsin State Fair Park, with an audience watching from the grandstand.
Photograph

Governor Heil Waves to the Crowd

Date: 08 20 1941
Description: While watching the finish of a horse race at the Wisconsin State Fair, Governor Julius Heil raises his arm to cheer. Seated beside him (left to right) are ...
Postcard

Grandstand and Racetrack

Date: 1910
Description: Harness race at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. Caption at top left reads: "Partial view, Grand Stand and Race Track, Wisconsin State Fair, Milwaukee."
Photograph

Fairgrounds Harness Race

Date: 07 14 1944
Description: One horse and racer on the track in front of the judges stand during a harness race at a fairgrounds. Signs visible promote county fairs in Darlington and ...
Photograph

Fairgrounds Harness Race

Date: 07 14 1944
Description: Racers heading into the curve in front of the grandstand at a county fair harness race.
Photograph

Harness Racing at Washington Park

Date: 07 12 1914
Description: Crowds at the race course watching harness racing in Washington Park. There are three racers, and a crowd of spectators is sitting in the grandstands, on t...
Photograph

Horse Track at Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A KRNT radio broadcaster sitting on a platform above a horse track at the Iowa State Fair as another man on the right is filming the race for television. A...
Photograph

Racetrack Audience at Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A large crowd sits in stadium-style bleachers to watch a horse race at the Iowa State Fair.
Photograph

Sulky Race Track

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of a horse racing track and spectators. Sulkies, which are two-wheeled, one-person carriages drawn by a single horse, are racing. The race ...
Photograph

International U-2 Power Unit at Saratoga Race Track

Date: 1947
Description: Several workers at Saratoga Race Track use an International power unit to power a sand sifter.
Photograph

Harness Race Driver and Horse

Date: 08 15 1953
Description: Portrait of harness race driver Del Yapp and Jamb, a horse owned by Dr. William Marquis of Waunakee. They will be participating in the Westport races.
Photograph

From the Stretch at Fair Grounds

Date: 1909
Description: View across fairground racetrack, with judging stands and large barn in the background.
Manuscript

Wisconsin State Fair Letterhead

Date: 1942
Description: Letterhead for the Wisconsin State Fair, with vignettes of crowds around the fair gateway, an exhibition hall, and a scene of horse-drawn cart racing.
Photograph

Industrial Tractors Working at Racetrack

Date: 07 02 1927
Description: View across racetrack towards five men driving five industrial tractors pulling rollers to smooth out the track.
Photograph

Westport St. Mary's of the Lake 7th Annual Harness Racing and Horse Show

Date: 06 14 1957
Description: Esther Hornung (husband Anthony), Route 1, President of the Westport St. Mary's of the Lakes Altar Society, tours the Wilmar Farm harness racing track with...
Photograph

Multiple Tractor Scenes — Parks, Cemeteries, Etc.

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "Multiple Tractor Scenes — Parks, Cemeteries, Etc." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Used by the Fairgrounds Race Track (New...
Photograph

Multiple Tractor Scenes — Parks, Cemeteries, Etc.

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "Multiple Tractor Scenes — Parks, Cemeteries, Etc." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Used by the Fairgrounds Race Track (New...

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