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| Date: | 08 1993 |
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| Description: | "Bungee jumpers at Wisconsin State Fair, Milwaukee." |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | A crowd watches a young man throwing a baton into the air at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. Behind him is the "Alice In Dairyland" building, featurin... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Exterior from road of Minirama at 115 Broadway. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A man in motion moves toward making the leap to Stand Rock as men and women watch nearby. |
| Date: | 04 18 1944 |
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| Description: | Group of boys gather around a frog at a frog jumping contest. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of four men and their horses harness racing down a road, with crowds of spectators on the sides, during a county fair in southwestern Wiscons... |
| Date: | 09 07 1956 |
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| Description: | Children watch a clown with a snake at the parade during the Midwest Shrine Convention. |
| Date: | 07 10 1965 |
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| Description: | A Madison Knights of Columbus clown wheeling his unicycle along the parade route during the annual circus celebration parade in Baraboo. |
| Date: | 03 30 1959 |
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| Description: | Two girls with their hands up being 'pretend' robbed by ten little boys with cap-guns. They are between two closely spaced homes. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | A crowd surrounds a man as he stands atop a tree trunk swinging his axe in a woodchopping contest. |
| Date: | 08 04 1948 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of ten clowns in costume at the Knights of Columbus - Zor Shrine Softball Show at Breese Stevens Field. |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A man smoking a cigarette and wearing a hat is juggling tin cans in front of the "Prize Cakes and Coffee" booth at a Civilian Defense Rally. |
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| Description: | Crowd watching a strongman lift a wagon wheel. |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A clown entertains three women at a Civilian Defense Rally, two of whom are wearing bonnets and matching dresses. Booths behind the women read "Variety Sto... |
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| Description: | Street performer balancing a man in a chair on his chin. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Tourists look on as a group of Ho-Chunk dressed in traditional regalia are walking down the street during the Homecoming Celebration. |
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| Description: | View from the inner track of a car and buggy race at a local fair. Crowds sit in the covered grandstand and a band sits at the ready on the sidelines. A Fe... |
| Date: | 07 04 1952 |
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| Description: | A clown in the Fourth of July parade sponsored by the East Side Business Men's Association (ESBMA) helps a young girl open her package of candy. The girl i... |
| Date: | 06 26 1954 |
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| Description: | Winkie, the elephant from Vilas Park Zoo, is led by her keepers from indoor winter quarters to her large outdoor elephant yard. This is the 4th annual "com... |
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