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| Date: | 08 1953 |
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| Description: | Fairgoers view a display of painting and sculpture by Wisconsin artists. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Two young boys and their prize-winning ducks at the 1955 Wisconsin State Fair. |
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| Description: | Crowds wandering among the amusement rides at the Wisconsin State Fair. In the background is the ride known as the "Rocket Bomber." |
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| Description: | Crowd of people in front of the Education Building at the State Fair. Caption reads: "Education Building, Wisconsin State Fair, Milwaukee." |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | The History Building at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. The building was one of several new buildings, all of a modern, forward looking design, comple... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowds strolling through the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. In the background is a Ferris wheel, and a banner encouraging fair goers to "tal... |
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| Description: | A crowd is watching as a motorcycle racer prepares to cross the finish line. Although unidentified, the race is thought to have taken place at the State Fa... |
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| Description: | Actor William Boyd, better known as Hopalong Cassidy, with two pairs of twins entered in the twin competition at the Wisconsin State Fair. None of the chil... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Looking every bit his age (82), Governor Walter S. Goodland arrives at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 07 08 1941 |
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| Description: | Escorted by an honor guard of scouts, Mayor Carl Zeidler leaves City Hall to dine at the Dairy Lunch at the State Fair. As always, Zeidler is impeccably dr... |
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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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| Description: | Racetrack at the Wisconsin State Fair, with a crowd lined up along the fence watching the automobile race. The infield is full of parked cars. |
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| Description: | A group of African American children drinking from water fountains, or bubblers as they are frequently known in Milwaukee, at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Fairgoers ride a tractor-drawn passenger wagon at the Fair. In the background is the Sky King roller coaster. |
| Date: | 08 16 1941 |
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| 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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| Description: | Two weary fairgoers catch a nap on a convenient bench at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of an automobile race at the state fairgrounds, with the crowd in the foreground. Cars are parked in the infield. |
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| Description: | The country meets the city as a "Milwaukee Journal" newsboy admires the calf entered in the animal judging competition by a young boy from the country. |
| Date: | 08 24 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the dedication of the Junior Fair barn at the Wisconsin State Fair, the construction of which was a WPA project. A Scout band provides the... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Elevated view during a meal at the Wisconsin State Fair, where a crowd of Boy Scouts mug for the camera. |
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