World of Mirth Shows trailer at a carnival – Antique Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic image captures World of Mirth Shows trailer at a carnival in remarkable detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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World of Mirth Shows trailer at a carnival
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A traveling carnival trailer, the kind that carried the rides, games and booths of a midway from one fair to the next, is the focus here. The World of Mirth Shows was one of the outfits that toured the American fair circuit, and its trailers often doubled as storage, ticket counters or living quarters for the crews who set up each stop. Mobile fairs like this were a fixture of rural summers, bringing entertainment to county grounds that otherwise saw little spectacle. Look at the painted signage and the rough, practical lines of the trailer, which show how carnival equipment was built to be hauled, unloaded and reassembled week after week.
| Original scan | 5,558 × 3,892 px · prints to 19 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 1a33911u Side show at the Vermont state fair, Rutland |
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