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Ninth annual New England Fair, at Lowell, Mass., Sept. 3, 4, 5 & 6 1872 / D. Drummond ; Chas. H. Crosby & Co. lith., Boston. – Vintage Wall Art

Ninth annual New England Fair, at Lowell, Mass., Sept. 3, 4, 5 & 6 1872 / D. Drummond ; Chas. H. Crosby & Co. lith., Boston., 1875 — historic image
Ninth annual New England Fair, at Lowell, Mass., Sept. 3, 4, 5 & 6 1872 / D. Drummond ; Chas. H. Crosby & Co. lith., Boston., 1875. Historic image from the Railroads & Depots collection.

(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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This rare historic image captures Ninth annual New England Fair, at Lowell, Mass., Sept. 3, 4, 5 & 6 1872 / D. Drummond ; Chas. H. Crosby & Co. lith., Boston. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Ninth annual New England Fair, at Lowell, Mass., Sept. 3, 4, 5 & 6 1872 / D. Drummond ; Chas. H. Crosby & Co. lith., Boston.

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Held in early September 1872, the Ninth annual New England Fair at Lowell, Massachusetts, appears here from a high vantage point, with a railroad train in the foreground. Agricultural fairs of this kind drew large crowds in the 1870s, and rail lines brought visitors from across the region. D. Drummond drew the view and Chas. H. Crosby & Co. of Boston printed it, showing tents, horse races, and spectators all at once. The sheet is dated 1875, three years after the event it records.

Created / published1875
Subjectsiew of fairground, with horses racing, tents, and crowds, and railroad train in foreground, Lowell, Massachusetts.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,000 × 2,511 px · prints to 10 × 8 in at 300 dpi
Reference11

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