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Woman in hat standing on wooden barrel at an exposition – Historic Reproduction

Woman in hat standing on wooden barrel at an exposition — historic image
Woman in hat standing on wooden barrel at an exposition. Historic image from the White House collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This historic image of Woman in hat standing on wooden barrel at an exposition brings a moment of history to your wall. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

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Woman in hat standing on wooden barrel at an exposition

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A woman in a hat stands on top of a wooden barrel, posed for the camera at an exposition. Fairs of the late 1800s and early 1900s drew large crowds to displays of manufacturing, agriculture, and novelty, and photographers often recorded the visitors as much as the exhibits. Barrels like this one were common at such events, serving as platforms for staged poses, product demonstrations, and casual snapshots. The record offers no further detail about the fairgrounds or the sitter, so the picture is best read as a glimpse of everyday fairgoing in that era.

Original scan1,161 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-120125

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