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Education Building at the Fair

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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."
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Circus Performers in Front of the Wisconsin Historical Society

Date: 1908
Description: Circus performers posed in front of the Wisconsin Historical Society, then known as the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
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Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard view of Main Street. Several men and boys are outside of a store with H.A. Olsen printed on the awning. One boy is holding a ball. Th...
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"Hay-making"

Date: 1910
Description: Postcard distributed by International Harvester Company of a photograph of a group of men loading bales of hay onto a horse-drawn wagon. Some of the men ap...
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William Unglaube with His Sister

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Description: William Unglaube is in a two-seater buggy with one of his sisters. The buggy is pulled by one horse on a dirt road.
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The Traveling Salesman

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Description: A traveling salesman, dressed in a suit and light hat, stands beside his carriage. A case of perfume and remedy wares sits near his feet. The small carriag...
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Group Looking at Pigs

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Description: Three young women, one of them holding child on the fence, line up along the opposite side of a fence to look at a herd of pigs. They are all smiling. On t...
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A Rural Procession of Carriages

Date: 1910
Description: View of a procession of horse-drawn carriages along a dirt road through a field. The second carriage from the left is a hearse. There is a farm in the back...
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Taxidermist Cart

Date: 1907
Description: A man in a suit and hat, and a ribbon on his lapel, poses in front of a cart with a sign that reads: "E.D. Ochsner, Taxidermist, Prairie du Sac, Wis." Bunt...
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Home of J. H. Moore

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Description: View of a large, red brick house. People on horseback and horse-drawn carriages are lined up on the driveway in front. Caption reads: "Home of J. H. Moore,...
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Homecoming Parade

Date: 07 06 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Home Coming Racine, Wis. July 6th in 09." Image of a decorated horse-drawn wagon in the Home Coming parade stopping for a photograph....
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Bannerman Avenue

Date: 08 20 1910
Description: Text on front: "Bannerman Ave., Redgranite, Wis." View of Bannerman Avenue, an unpaved street in a small town. A horse-drawn buggy is stopped in the street...
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City Hall

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "City Hall, Ripon, Wis." View across public square towards a brick building with ornate exterior decorations and a bell tower with a b...
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East Side Square

Date: 08 25 1911
Description: Caption reads: "East Side Square, Monroe, Wis." Elevated view of people walking on the sidewalks and in the street, and a horse and buggy driving by on the...
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Third Ave. At Night

Date: 04 23 1914
Description: Text on front reads: "Third Ave. At Night, Baraboo, Wis." A city scene at night, with horse-drawn carriages in the streets and pedestrians on the sidewalks...
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Stock Fair Day

Date: 06 19 1916
Description: Text on front reads: "Marrow [sic] St., on Stock Fair Day, Seymour, Wis." Elevated view looking West on Morrow Street, the name is misspelled on the front...
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Cow Pulling Uncle Sam in a Buggy

Date: 1907
Description: Uncle Sam and a driver in a parade buggy, pulled by a cow wearing a decorative fly net. A main street with more buggies is in the distance. American flags ...
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Outagamie County Fair

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Seymour Fair 1907." The grandstand at a fair is full of spectators, with horses, buggies and automobiles parked on the infield in the...
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Outagamie County Fair

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Seymour Fair 1907." Elevated view of fairgoers at the grounds with horses, buggies and automobiles. An exhibit building is on the lef...
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Street Scene

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "St. Scene, Shawano, Wis." Horse-drawn buggies are traveling on a street lined with businesses, with pedestrians on the sidewalks. Sig...

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