Date: | 09 02 1931 |
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Description: | Governor Philip F. La Follette, the younger son of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., addressing a crowd in the grandstand at the Wisconsin State Fair in ... |
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Description: | 4-H Club band playing near the Police Station at the Wisconsin State Fair. In the background is the Agriculture Department's Milk House. |
Date: | 07 29 1954 |
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Description: | Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr., speaking into the microphone on the WLS stage at the Wisconsin State Fair. At the time the Chicago station was best known f... |
Date: | 1938 |
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Description: | The Old Timers Club of Milwaukee waves for a motion picture being made at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
Date: | 1930 |
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Description: | Elevated view of Governor Walter J. Kohler, Sr., speaking to an audience in the grandstand at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. Behind him in the infield, a... |
Date: | 08 1953 |
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Description: | Fairgoers view a display of painting and sculpture by Wisconsin artists. |
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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... |
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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... |
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: | 07 27 1953 |
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Description: | A visitor to the Wisconsin State Fair is so curious about one entry in a display of rugs and textiles that she reaches through a protective barrier in orde... |
Date: | 08 1948 |
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Description: | Fair employees use a crane to position a version of the Forward statue that was the symbol of the 1948 Wisconsin Centennial Exposition and State Fair. |
Date: | 1927 |
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Description: | Crowds walking past the Horticulture Building at the Wiconsin State Fair. In a pavilion above the building the Aluminum Goose Manufacturing Co. Band of Ma... |
Date: | 08 1948 |
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Description: | Fair employees use a crane to complete the positioning of the "Forward" statue at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. The grandstand can be seen in the ba... |
Date: | 1936 |
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Description: | The blimp of the Goodyear Tire Company hovers above the carnival area of the Wisconsin State Fair, tethered to the ground with ropes. The fairgoers, howev... |
Date: | 1936 |
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Description: | A young accordionist plays a solo for the crowd at the Wisconsin State Fair, while another young player watches. |
Date: | 1936 |
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Description: | A costumed young woman who danced as part of the Carioca Revue stands on a stage in the midway of the Wisconsin State Fair, perhaps waiting to perform. |
Date: | 1937 |
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Description: | Opening ceremonies for a Work Progress Administration (WPA) exhibit at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
Date: | 08 1948 |
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Description: | People stand in front of the exterior of the Information Booth at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. A reproduction of the "Wisconsin" statue by Daniel C... |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Elaborately beaded jacket worn by pianist, performer, and Wisconsin native Liberace during his performances in the late 1970s. (Museum object #2008.77.1) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Winning entry for the first Alice in Dairyland dress design, 1948. (Museum object #2005.157.1) |
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