At the Fair Grounds – Antique Print
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A window into the past: At the Fair Grounds, preserved in this historic image. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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At the Fair Grounds
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Crowds, carnival rides, and livestock pens are the kind of scenes most people expect from a county fair, but this view centers on the fairgrounds themselves, the open ground where exhibition halls, animal sheds, and temporary stands were set up each late summer. County fairs of this era drew farm families from across a region for judging of crops and livestock, along with a chance to trade news and buy supplies. Fairgrounds like this one were often the most visible public space in a rural county, so their layout tells you a good deal about how agricultural communities organized their year.
| Original scan | 9,270 × 7,313 px · prints to 31 × 24 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 2 |
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