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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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Camp Ammon

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Description: Entrance to "Camp Ammon," the Boy Scout camp at the Wisconsin State Fair. The camp was named for the director of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture.
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Lac Courte Oreilles Village Exhibit

Date: 1906
Description: The Lac Courte Oreilles village sponsored by the Wisconsin Archaeological Society at the 1906 Wisconsin State Fair. Several members of the society are incl...
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Fairgrounds at Milwaukee

Date: 1859
Description: Elevated view of the fairgrounds in Milwaukee, the year when Abraham Lincoln spoke. The fairgrounds were located at the Brockway Grounds near Twelfth and S...
Photograph

Conservation Exhibit

Date: 08 1948
Description: Aerial view of the grounds of the Wisconsin Conservation Department exhibit at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition.
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Farm Implement Exhibits

Date: 1909
Description: The farm implement exhibit area, in which displays of the International Harvester Company and the J.I. Case Plow Works can be seen.
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Wagon Exhibit Area

Date: 1909
Description: Farm wagon display area at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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State Fairgoers

Date: 1909
Description: Fairgoers stroll along a dirt path within the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. The dairy barns form a row at the back of the image.
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State Fair Auto Race

Date: 09 13 1919
Description: Two open cars, a Deusenberg and a Hudson, race around a curve at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds track, spewing dust behind them. The Milwaukee Mile track ...
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Women's Building

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Description: Fairgoers walk past the Women's Building at the Wisconsin State Fair. The sign on the front reads: Women's Dept."
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Farm Machinery Exhibit at the State Fair

Date: 1905
Description: Exhibits of farm equipment and the gasoline engines that would have powered some of them at the Wisconsin State Fair. A Ferris wheel is visible in the back...
Drawing

Wisconsin Centennial Stamp Design with Flowers

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Description: Design for a Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent postage stamp featuring a wood violet, which is the state flower, as well as a jack-in-the-pulpit and a trillium.
Drawing

Wisconsin Centennial Postage Stamp Design in Green

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Description: Design in green for Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent postage stamp featuring evergreen trees, and an agriculture and industry theme.
Photograph

Gateway Entrance to Soldiers Home

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Description: Elaborate gateway, in the shape of an arch, to the National Soldiers Home, with man and boy standing in entrance. The gateway is made of trees, covered wit...
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Exterior of Soldiers Home

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Description: Exterior view of the Soldiers Home with trees.
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Soldiers Home

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Description: Exterior view of the Soldiers Home.
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Spire of Soldiers Home

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Description: View through trees of the spire of the Soldiers Home. There is a road or path leading through the trees.
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Partial View of Soldiers Home

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Description: Partial view through trees of the exterior of the Soldiers Home.
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Exterior of Soldiers Home

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Description: Exterior view of the Soldiers Home.
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Soldiers Home with Flag

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Description: Exterior view of the Soldiers Home with a flag flying from the spire.

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