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Indiana State Fair Indianapolis September 27th to October 2d 1886 – Historic Reproduction

Indiana State Fair Indianapolis September 27th to October 2d 1886, c1886 July 27. — historic print
Indiana State Fair Indianapolis September 27th to October 2d 1886, c1886 July 27.. Historic print 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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Step back in time with Indiana State Fair Indianapolis September 27th to October 2d 1886, a historic print 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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Indiana State Fair Indianapolis September 27th to October 2d 1886

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The title places this view at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis, held September 27 to October 2, 1886, a week that would have drawn farm families and exhibitors from across the state. Fairs of this era were central to rural life, showing livestock, crops, machinery and household goods, and they were often the largest gathering of the year outside church or town business. The record dates the print to around July 27, 1886, and links it to a name, Metzner, E., on a shelflist card. Those details come from unverified cataloging, so readers should treat them as tentative.

Created / publishedc1886 July 27.
Medium1 print.
NotesR20161 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Metzner, E.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,364 × 1,686 px · prints to 5 × 6 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-118995

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