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| Date: | 06 26 1909 |
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| Description: | Two men paddle barrels with their hands and feet while a third tips over on Pewaukee Lake at the Waukesha Beach recreation area. Other people watch both f... |
| Date: | 08 19 1922 |
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| Description: | A man performs a ladder-climbing stunt in front of onlookers as part of the West Pullman and Milwaukee Works Fire Department Exhibition at West Pullman Par... |
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| Description: | Children and adults gather at Devil's Lake. Shown at the right is a large water slide. |
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| Description: | People gather around a bench in front of Casino Amusement Park. A roller coaster, pavilion, and ticket booth stand behind them. |
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| Description: | View of the Coney Island Amusement Park featuring a large garden and lawn, a roller coaster, a windmill, several buildings and amusements, and crowds of pe... |
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| Description: | People ride a ten car roller coaster at PLAYLAND park. The roller coaster has lights on one side and railings on either side. |
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| Description: | A pavilion stands at the gates of an amusement park. A tent, fence, and roller coaster appear in the background. |
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| Description: | Crowds walk along the boardwalk at Funchase amusement pier. A building with flags flying from its turrets features a sign that reads "Funchase Skating". T... |
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| Description: | People stand at the gate to the ten-acre Monticello Amusement Park. The arched entrance is decorated with various shapes, windmills, towers, and flags. Fen... |
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| Description: | A carousel, aeroplane, penny arcade, and other rides stand inside an amusement park. There is a lawn at the center of the image and people surround the amu... |
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| Description: | Entrance to Bug House Amusement Park (?). View features several people standing in front of the entrance to the building, which features elaborate paintin... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the north section of the Colonnade of Amusements at Playland, part of the Westchester Co. Park System. The amusement park features a lar... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of a water slide at Mirror Lake State Park. A woman rides down the slide into the lake, and a few people stand on the platform behind h... |
| Date: | 07 01 1965 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of George Parisi and Henry Turville, Lions club members, setting up a fireworks fund barrel at Vilas Park to collect donations for the annual... |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Juggler Truly Remarkable Loon with partner performing on the Capitol lawn at the Equinox Festival. |
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