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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 Print

Ninth annual New England Fair, at Lowell, Mass., Sept. 3, 4, 5 & 6 1872 / D. Drummond ; Chas. H. Crosby & Co. lith., Boston., Boston : C. Frank King, 1872. — antique lithograph
Ninth annual New England Fair, at Lowell, Mass., Sept. 3, 4, 5 & 6 1872 / D. Drummond ; Chas. H. Crosby & Co. lith., Boston., Boston : C. Frank King, 1872.. Antique lithograph from the Circus & Carnival 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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Step back in time with Ninth annual New England Fair, at Lowell, Mass., Sept. 3, 4, 5 & 6 1872 / D. Drummond ; Chas. H. Crosby & Co. lith., Boston., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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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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Advertising the ninth annual New England Fair, held at Lowell, Massachusetts, over four days in early September 1872, this color lithograph was printed in Boston by Charles H. Crosby & Co. and published by C. Frank King. Fairs of this kind drew farmers, manufacturers and city families to see livestock, produce, machinery and household goods, and the poster was meant to draw visitors to the grounds. Lowell, a mill city on the Merrimack River, was a fitting host in the years after the Civil War. Color lithography was an affordable way to make eye-catching posters in the 1870s, and this sheet shows how far commercial printing had advanced by then.

Created / publishedBoston : C. Frank King, 1872.
Medium1 print : lithograph, color.
GenreAdvertisements 1870-1880.Lithographs Color 1870-1880.
SubjectsFairs--Massachusetts--Lowell--1870-1880.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,735 × 3,801 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-219657

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