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IHC Gas Engine Exhibit

Date: 1911
Description: Exhibit tent featuring International Harvester gasoline engines. One engine is powering a board of light bulbs as men mill around and tend to the exhibit t...
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IHC Gas Engine Exhibit

Date: 1911
Description: Exhibit tent featuring International Harvester's gasoline engines. Men and women are milling around the tent. One woman is sitting in an International Auto...
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Fuller and Johnson Co. Booth

Date: 07 07 1934
Description: Inside the Fuller and Johnson Co. tent at the Outdoor Expo, rustic scene featuring 4 Caille outboard motors. "Caille the only outboards with gear shift con...
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Centennial Encampment on Lake Monona

Date: 1876
Description: Four men in front of tent in the woods. There is a man with a hatchet next to a clothesline between two trees. This is a Centennial encampment on the shore...
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View of Capt. L.M. Lange's Company

Date: 1876
Description: Quite possibly this is the "View of Capt. L.M. Lange's Company" listed in the "Centennial Views of the City of Madison, July 4th, 1876. Views of Chicago Li...
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View of Guard Tent and Guard

Date: 1876
Description: Quite possibly this is the "View of Guard Tent and Guard" listed in the "Centennial Views of the City of Madison, July 4th, 1876. Views of Chicago Light Gu...
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Group of Campers at McBride's Point

Date: 1879
Description: A group of campers at McBride's Point at Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota near Madison, Wisconsin. They are equipped with German exercise equipment (exercise pi...
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Deer Hunters' Camp

Date: 1904
Description: Five deer hunters posing at a camp next to deer carcasses hanging up on a log pole.
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WISC-TV Studio at Parade of Homes

Date: 09 18 1952
Description: Parade of Homes tent featuring WISC-TV studio with display of "TV Sound Film by Photo Copy Service."
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GE Black-Daylite TV Equipment

Date: 09 18 1952
Description: DuMont and GE Black-Daylite TV equipment used by WISC-TV in a display at the Parade of Homes with sign that reads: "All TV film shown here is from the film...
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War Bonds Promotion

Date: 08 05 1945
Description: View of Albert Reque's Madison Marine Service Booth at the Eastside Festival with banner "Buy War Bonds" and "Bonds Will Buy Boats." The booth also feature...
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Wisconsin Land Economic Inventory Crew

Date: 1932
Description: Group portrait of a group of Wisconsin Land Economic Inventory workers. John Bordner is in the center of the top row. Stanta Bordner is beside him. Uppe...
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Girl Scouts at Camp Brandenburg

Date: 07 23 1945
Description: Three girl scouts and the camp director chatting while sitting on a cot in a tent at Camp Brandenburg near Springfield Corners. Pictured left to right: Mar...
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Twine Clock

Date: 05 1930
Description: Spectators gather around a clock tower constructed of twine at the exhibition of the German Agricultural Society in Cologne, Germany. The exhibition took p...
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Camp Stella

Date: 1913
Description: Camp Stella on Sand Island of the Apostle Islands. View includes tents, lamp post, bridge and flag pole.
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Musical Group at Louisiana State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A musical group comprised of men playing guitars, fiddles, an accordion, and a string bass perform on stage at the Louisiana State Fair.
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Band and Audience

Date: 1946
Description: An audience watching a musical group put on a show in a tent at the Kansas State Fair.
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Television Camera at Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A television crew worker films "Iowa's First Television Show" while an audience looks on. The sign reads: "Iowa's First Television Show In Cooperation With...
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Radio-Controlled Tractor at Indiana State Fair

Date: 1931
Description: A radio-controlled Farmall F-30 tractor on display at the Indiana State Fair.
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Soldiers in Formation

Date: 1876
Description: A group of soldiers stand at attention in formation as a part of the 1876 Centennial Celebrations.

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