[Minnesota State Fair: children on small merry-go-round] – Vintage Wall Art
![[Minnesota State Fair: children on small merry-go-round], [1900?] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/15/155bbe54672e-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: [Minnesota State Fair: children on small merry-go-round], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Minnesota State Fair: children on small merry-go-round]
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Small children ride a modest carousel at the Minnesota State Fair, a scene of the fairground amusements that drew families around 1900. The photograph is credited to Frances Benjamin Johnston, a photographer known for her documentary work and her portraits of American life in that period. Portable carousels like this were a familiar part of the midway at state and county fairs, offering young riders a cheap thrill while parents watched from the edge of the crowd. The date on the caption card carries a question mark, so the exact year remains unconfirmed.
| Created / published | [1900?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photo by Frances Benjamin Johnston. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,686 × 1,370 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-123615 |
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