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4-H Band

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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.
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Poultry Building at the Fair

Date: 1900
Description: Interior of the Poultry Building at the Wisconsin State Fair, showing some poultry on display.
Postcard

Wausau Fair Grounds

Date: 1905
Description: View of field area with four buildings in the background. Caption reads: "Wausau Fair Grounds, Wausau, Wis."
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Fruits and Flowers Building

Date: 1935
Description: The Fruits and Flowers Building at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Immigrants with Christmas Tree

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Description: A group of immigrants pose in front of a tall Christmas tree at Ellis Island.
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Power Units on Display at "100 Years in Chicago" Celebration

Date: 1947
Description: Elevated view of various power units and tractors on display at Soldier Field for International Harvester "100 Years in Chicago" celebration. Original capt...
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Crowd Inspecting Tractors and Engines at the "100 Years in Chicago" Celebration

Date: 1947
Description: Elevated view of men and women inspecting tractors and engines on display at International Harvester's "100 Years in Chicago" celebration. The exhibition w...
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"Harvey Harvester" in Iowa

Date: 10 31 1938
Description: Group of children and adults gathered around a "Harvey Harvester," a talking robot made out of International machine parts, including what appears to the b...
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Town Hall and Church

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior of a town hall originally built in 1896 as a church in rural Orange Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa. There is a weather vane on top of the steep...
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Dane County Poor House

Date: 03 20 1954
Description: Front view of the Dane County Home (also known as the "poor house" or "poor farm") is pictured as it is being torn down. It was built in 1855 and located o...
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Farmall A Tractor with Mail Cab in front of Post Office

Date: 1941
Description: Farmall A tractor fitted with a homemade, wooden cab for the purposes of delivering mail, parked in front of a post office. A car is also parked in front o...
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Young People's Hall

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior of the Young People's Hall building. There are fields and a barn in the background.
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Snow Removal

Date: 12 10 1992
Description: "Jody Steger snowblows at the village lift station on Wisconsin Street."
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Egg Day Parade

Date: 10 15 1935
Description: Men and women pose in a household scene constructed on an International C-line truck for use in a parade on Egg Day at the Western Washington Fair. The par...
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Egg Day Parade

Date: 10 15 1935
Description: Women ride on a parade float on the bed of an International C-line truck during Egg Day at the Western Washington Fair. Two men are riding inside the cab o...
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Man with "Goliath" Cheese

Date: 1940
Description: Man posed next to a truck hauling the world's biggest cheese, named "Goliath" by The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture. Probably taken at the Wisconsin S...
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Men Roasting Corn

Date: 08 1982
Description: Dennis Bodden, Frank Kuczkowski and Adrian Geiger are busy roasting corn at Firemen's Park.
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Ford and Fordson Exhibit

Date: 1924
Description: View across field towards a large canvas tent set up for the Ford and Fordson Exhibit by the Rock County Authorized Dealers. There are a number of Fordson ...
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"Harvey Harvester" at Minnesota State Fair

Date: 1941
Description: Slightly elevated view of men and boys standing at the entrance to a building with "Harvey Harvester." Sign above entrance to the building reads: "_Cormick...
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Texas State Fair

Date: 1941
Description: Elevated view of the Texas State Fair, including some of the grounds and a large building with a sign reading: "Automobiles." Tractors are on display in fr...

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