Fairground midway with sideshow banners and a tower ride – Historic Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: Fairground midway with sideshow banners and a tower ride, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Fairground midway with sideshow banners and a tower ride
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Rows of painted sideshow banners hang above the midway, with a tower ride rising behind them against an open sky. Traveling carnivals and county fairs were a fixture of rural American life from the late 1800s into the mid-1900s, drawing families from farms and small towns for a few days of amusement after the harvest or during summer lulls. The hand-lettered banners were a form of roadside advertising in their own right, promising wonders and thrills to passersby. Look closely at the lettering and bright colors, which show how fairground painters competed for attention.
| Original scan | 4,579 × 3,221 px · prints to 15 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 1a33921u At the Vermont state fair, Rutland |
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