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Moving Pictures at Inter-County Fair

Date: 1905
Description: A crowd, including Evaline, Nellie and Harriet Bennett, looking at large banner advertisements for moving pictures. Moving picture subjects include fire fi...
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Banner Event

Date: 09 06 1988
Description: A woman overlooks the Labor-at-the-Lakefront festival next to a banner that reads "Buy Union," "Buy Made in USA," and "Keep the Heart of America Beating."
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IHC Cream Separator Display at Iowa State Fair

Date: 08 22 1929
Description: Men, women, and children at an International Harvester cream separator exhibit at the Iowa State Fair. A company representative appears to be pointing out ...
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International Harvester Tent at a Fair

Date: 1938
Description: People browse through an International Harvester display tent, possibly at the Tennessee Valley Fair. The tent features displays of International Harvester...
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Clown Entertaining Three Women

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A clown entertains three women at a Civilian Defense Rally, two of whom are wearing bonnets and matching dresses. Booths behind the women read "Variety Sto...
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Cook County School Festival

Date: 06 1916
Description: A group of children and adults, some holding American flags and Cook County banners, standing in a field to watch events at the Cook County School Festival...
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University of Missouri Farmer's Fair

Date: 04 24 1914
Description: Composite of views from the University of Missouri Farmer's Fair.
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Henna Artist Ishrat

Date: 2016
Description: A young Indian woman, Ishrat, is sitting in a lawn chair in her booth at a fair. She is wearing a traditional Punjabi outfit (the salwar kameez) and is off...

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