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Motorcycle Racetrack

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Description: Motorcyclists race, probably at the Wisconsin State Fair Grounds.
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Billy Huber, Motorcyle Racer

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Description: Billy Huber of Reading, PA, dubbed "America's most popular motorcycle competition rider" by the American Motorcycle Association, is shown astride his Harle...
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Motorcycle Tour

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Description: Men, motorcycles and a car stopped on a rural dirt road. A sign on the back of the car reads "Milwaukee Journal Motorcycle Tour Press Car".
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Motorcycle Tour

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Description: Nine men are lined up along a curb sitting on their motorcycles. Men and boys are on the sidewalk behind them, wtih advertisements filling the wall behind ...
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Motorcyclists Posing Near Barbershop

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Description: A group of motorcyclists, both male and female, are lined up in front of a sidewalk, with a group of people standing behind them in front of an awning for ...
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Group Posing Near Motorcycle

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Description: Four people posing in front of a storefront with an advertisement for Schreier beer. A woman in the group is holding two flags. There is a motorcycle on th...
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Motorcycle Tour

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Description: In the middle of a road, a large group of motorcyclists are preparing to ride. On the right are two men standing next to a car which has a banner advertisi...
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Motorcyclists on Street

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Description: A large line of motorcycles are parked along the road. Many people are standing by the bikes.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Finish Line

Date: 07 28 1957
Description: Finish line on East Washington Avenue of one of the heats at the 1957 Madison Soap Box Derby. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the background.
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Circus Parade Calliope Truck

Date: 07 04 1963
Description: A calliope truck with text reading "Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. Presents / A Day in Old Milwaukee / July 4th / Featuring Schlitz Circus Parade" drives down a ...
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Governor Tommy Thompson and Alice in Dairyland

Date: 08 23 1997
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Courtney Ott, wearing a crown and a sash, is sitting on the back of a motorcycle driven by Governor Tommy Thompson at the start of the ...
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Man Sitting on Harley-Davidson Motorcycle

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Description: A man is sitting on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle in a muddy field. The back wheel is partially buried in the mud. He is wearing leather gloves and a coat...
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Resting at the Illinois Border

Date: 1933
Description: A group of Harley-Davidson riders stopping for a rest on the side of the highway at the Wisconsin-Illinois border. A man and a woman, wearing Milwaukee Mot...
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Motorcycles with Sidecars

Date: 1935
Description: A man, on the right, is riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle with a man in a sidecar, on the left, in an event for the Badger Derby. The driver who is smoki...
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Man and Woman Next to Motorcycle

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Description: Raymond (Ray) Griesemer and a woman are posing next to a Harley-Davidson motorcycle at a service station. Ray is holding his first place trophy and a pair ...

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