Contributed by Norway Historical Society
Description
A little sample of the show to come, on the outer stage of the hula-hula sideshow on the midway at the Oxford County Fair, held each year in September at Norway/Paris.
The photo provides a visual historical record of some of the activities common to small county agricultural fairs in the 1940s and early 1950s. No longer countenanced, freak shows began to appear at fairs early on, and by the late 1930s dancing girls, were often present in a limited component at the Oxford County Fair. These dancers belong to a sideshow billed as the Hawaiian Follies.
About This Item
- Title: Sideshow, Oxford County Fair, ca. 1947
- Creation Date: circa 1947
- Subject Date: circa 1947
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Locations:
- Norway, Oxford County, ME
- Paris, Oxford County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 17.7 cm x 12.7 cm
- Local Code: S555 .M332 O945 #45
- Collection: FAIR Photo Album
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Agricultural exhibitions--Maine--Norway
- Agricultural exhibitions--Maine--Paris
- Dancers
- Entertainers
- Exhibitions--Maine--Norway
- Exhibitions--Maine--Paris
- Fairs--Maine--Norway
- Fairs--Maine--Paris
- Midways--Maine--Norway
- Midways--Maine--Paris
- Oxford County Fair (Me.)--1908--Photographs
- Sideshows--Maine--Norway
- Sideshows--Maine--Paris
For more information about this item, contact:
Norway Historical Society471 Main Street, Norway, ME 04268
(207) 743-7377
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