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The Humours of a Fair, or, a Description of the Early Amusements in Life, Edinburgh, 1819
See here’s drunken Will,
Who did nothing but swill,
Pray hiss at the fool as you pass;
He has spent all his pence,
He has lost all his sense,
And is now dwindled down to an ass.
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Shelby County fair-goers eating a picnic lunch, Shelbyville, Kentucky,
August 1940
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Lunch at carnival stand, Fourth of July, Vale, Oregon,
July 1941
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Imperial County Fair, California,
March 1942
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Barker takes a drink, state fair in Rutland, Vermont,
September 1941
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On the midway at the Imperial County Fair, California,
March 1942
Backstage at the girlie show, Vermont state fair, Rutland, Vermont, September 1941
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ALIVE midway show, county fair, Marshalltown, Iowa, September 1939
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Girls Swing Time, evening at the state fair, Rutland, Vermont, September 1937
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LIFE IN THE NUDE (adults only!), sideshow, State Fair, Rutland, Vermont,
September 1937
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Imperial County Fair,
El Centro, California,
March 1942
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Imperial County Fair, El Centro, California, March 1942
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Imperial County Fair, El Centro, California, March 1942
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Ostrich ride, publicity shot for the Southern California Fair Association, 1929
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Goat Milk, Publicity shot for the Southern California Fair Association, 1929
