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Radio-Operated Farmall F-30 Tractor at Indiana State Fair

Date: 1931
Description: Attendant posing with a radio-operated Farmall F-30 tractor at the Indiana State Fair.
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Farmall Demonstration at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 07 18 1933
Description: Two men are operating Farmall tractors and implements at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair. One tractor is pulling a disk harrow, and the other a cu...
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Walworth County Fair

Date: 1913
Description: Elevated view of the Walworth County Fair. A large crowd gathers around a carousel.
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Milt Polland

Date: 
Description: Polland at the Mid-Summer Festival on the Milwaukee lakefront, with the boys of Nick Ehr family in the foreground. This was just after the successful Zeidl...
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Missouri State Fair

Date: 1935
Description: Men and women examine trucks, tractors and farm equipment on display on the grounds at the Missouri State Fair.
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Syl and Lucia near Tent

Date: 1900
Description: Syl and Lucia posing near a tent or open-sided awning and a willow tree. Syl is wearing pants while Lucia is wearing overalls. Both are wearing hats. In th...
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Ferris Wheel

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of a Ferris Wheel on Main Street. Men and women are strolling about and many storefronts can be seen.
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A Procession Led by Children

Date: 1886
Description: A procession of the Monona Lake Assembly led by children carrying flowers. The Monona Lake Assembly Pavilion is partially visible on the left.
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Children's Class of the Milwaukee Turners

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Description: Children’s class of the Milwaukee Turners, gathered outside in a park. George Brosius appears on the platform and several people are wearing band uniforms....
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Crowds at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of crowds at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Camp of Wisconsin National Guard at Fairground

Date: 1887
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin National Guard encampment at Racine County fairgrounds. Several tents are set up in the background, while visitors mingle in...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 421-427

Date: 
Description: A word without momentum that settled on a note of calm

caught wind

and spun its venom into froth, to cool
a Sunday afternoon in June
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Running for Cover

Date: 1965
Description: Visitors to the Wisconsin State Fair running for shelter at the onset of a sudden rain shower.
Postcard

Views from Durand

Date: 1910
Description: A group of women and girls, some wearing hats or carrying a parasol, walking along an unpaved street. There is a large canvas tent in the background, with...
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A Summer Sitting Room

Date: 07 08 1896
Description: An informal group is seated under an awning in the garden of the Fairchild house at 302 Monona Avenue (later renamed Martin Luther King Boulevard). Picture...
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Pat O'Brien and Bill Marshall

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Description: Pat O'Brien talks with Bill Marshall as they stand on the beach on the set of Knute Rockne All American. O'Brien is wearing a suit coat and dress pa...
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Farmall Tractors on Display at Oregon State Fair

Date: 09 02 1940
Description: Row of Farmall tractors on display outdoors at the Oregon State Fair.
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Dane County Farmers' Market

Date: 10 1993
Description: A vendor weighs vegetables for sale at the Dane County Farmers' Market on the Capitol Square. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the background on the right...

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