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Circus People with Fish

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Description: A crew of people from the circus, possibly Ringling Brothers, Barnum, and Bailey, holding up their catch after a fishing trip.
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Slot Machine Seizure

Date: 01 1924
Description: Gerald J. Boileau, assistant district attorney, and George Lippert, district attorney, and three other men, exhibiting slot machines seized during a raid i...
Poster

McCormick-Deering Fairway Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1929
Description: Advertising poster for the Farmall Regular version of the McCormick-Deering Fairway tractor. Includes photographs of the machine in use. The Fairway was de...
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Filming of McCormick-Deering Tractor

Date: 1934
Description: Cameraman and sound operator from Paramount Sound News on top of a truck filming a demonstration of the McCormick-Deering O-12 radio-controlled tractor and...
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Playing Cards

Date: 05 10 1955
Description: Members of a musician's union playing cards together.
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Workers Relaxing Outside Milwaukee Works

Date: 1914
Description: Workers relaxing outside International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. One group is crowded around a stage listening to a band while others are playing baseba...
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Women's Rest Room at Osborne Works Twine Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Female workers and an attendant reading magazines and relaxing inside a "rest room" at International Harvester's Osborne Twine Mill. The Osborne Works was ...
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Children Toil in Community Garden

Date: 1917
Description: Children working and playing in a community garden at 38th and St. Louis streets.
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Groundskeepers Water Golf Course Green

Date: 1972
Description: Color photograph of two groundskeepers preparing to water a golf course green. The men are using a 1972 Scout 4x4 pickup for transportation and hauling equ...
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Circus Workers Giving Elephants a Drink

Date: 08 05 1927
Description: Two circus workers standing next to a water wagon pulled by a McCormick-Deering tractor. The men are providing water for three elephants outside the tents ...
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Elephants Drinking from Wagon Pulled by McCormick-Deering Tractor

Date: 08 05 1927
Description: Elephants drinking water from a wagon pulled by a McCormick-Deering industrial tractor outside a circus tent belonging to the Sells-Floto Circus. Circus wo...
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"Bumpsy" Anthony, Circus Clown

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Description: Circus clown, "Bumpsy" Anthony, stands in front of a tent.
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Female Snake Charmer

Date: 1935
Description: A female snake charmer with the Cole Brothers Circus, watched by two children.
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Circus Cook Tent

Date: 1942
Description: Cooks preparing food for fellow workers with Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus.
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Setting Up Circus Seating

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Description: A group of boys, supervised by adult men, set up wooden folding chairs in a circus tent.
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Clown in the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus

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Description: A clown in the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus standing outside a tent near a wagon, with his left hand holding onto a tent rope. He is wearing a beret-style hat,...
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Joseph L. "Roundy" Coughlin

Date: 09 26 1951
Description: Wisconsin State Journal sports columnist, Joseph L. "Roundy" Coughlin and "character about town" relaxes on a park bench.
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Clyde Beatty

Date: 1933
Description: Clyde Beatty, with the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus, sits on a chair outside a circus tent with two young tigers.
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Diamond Kitty of the Shrine Circus

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Description: "Diamond Kitty," a performer with the Shrine Circus, poses with a large group of people in front of the sideshow tent housing the "World's Fattest People" ...
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Clowns with Circus Performer

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Description: A group of 11 circus clowns poses with a pretty young female performer in a circus tent. This could possibly be part of a movie set.

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