Contributed by Norway Historical Society
Description
A young contestant being weighed at the guess-your-weight attraction on the midway at the Oxford County Fair, held each September at Norway/Paris.
The photo provides a visual historical record of the costume and attractions common to small county agricultural fairs in the late 1940s and early 1950s
About This Item
- Title: Guess-Your-Weight, 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 12.8 cm
- Local Code: S555 .M332 O945 #40
- Collection: FAIR Photo Album
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Agricultural exhibitions--Maine--Norway
- Agricultural exhibitions--Maine--Paris
- Carnival games--Maine--Norway
- Carnival games--Maine--Paris
- Exhibitions--Maine--Norway
- Exhibitions--Maine--Paris
- Fairs--Maine--Norway
- Fairs--Maine--Paris
- Midways--Maine--Norway
- Midways--Maine--Paris
- Oxford County Fair (Me.)--1947--Photographs
For more information about this item, contact:
Norway Historical Society471 Main Street, Norway, ME 04268
(207) 743-7377
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