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[County or state fair in New England: 2 men and a woman with prize heifer] – Antique Print

[County or state fair in New England: 2 men and a woman with prize heifer] — historic photograph
[County or state fair in New England: 2 men and a woman with prize heifer]. Historic photograph from the Barns & Farms 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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A window into the past: [County or state fair in New England: 2 men and a woman with prize heifer], 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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Two men and a woman pose with a prize heifer at a New England county or state fair in 1922, a detail that places the picture in the ring where cattle were judged and ribboned. By the early 1920s, such fairs were central to rural life in the region, offering farmers a chance to show off their breeding stock, compare herds, and win premiums that could help sell animals to other growers. The photograph captures the formal pride of the moment, with the animal's well-groomed coat and the handlers' dress suggesting how seriously these exhibitions were taken.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[1922]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,686 × 1,232 px · prints to 6 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-123620

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