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Contestants and their horses mingle prior to the All-Indian Rodeo, a featured competition in Phoenix, open only to Native Americans with proof of tribal identification, at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair

Contestants and their horses mingle prior to the All-Indian Rodeo, a f...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

One of many food-concession booths, nearly all of them serving sugary, fattening, andor artery-clogging fare unavailable outside the gates, and therefore all the more tempting " in Phoenix at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair

One of many food-concession booths, nearly all of them serving sugary,...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

Calf-roping event at the All-Indian Rodeo, a featured competition in Phoenix, open only to Native Americans with proof of tribal identification, at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair

Calf-roping event at the All-Indian Rodeo, a featured competition in P...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

A touring animatronic dinosaur, and others, make an appearance in Phoenix at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair

A touring animatronic dinosaur, and others, make an appearance in Phoe...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

One of the multi-talented Olate Dogs at the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo, Colorado

One of the multi-talented Olate Dogs at the Colorado State Fair in Pue...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Trained by the father-and-son team of Richard and Nicholas Olate, the poodle-mix canines, which are mostly rescues from shelters, pran... More

Miniature cows, many of which grow to 45 inches or less in height, are a curiosity at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

Miniature cows, many of which grow to 45 inches or less in height, are...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The popularity of miniature cattle is on the rise due to their compatibility with small acreage farms. Miniature breeds were created b... More

A stately elk is, to many fairgoers, a surprise attraction inside the animal barns at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

A stately elk is, to many fairgoers, a surprise attraction inside the ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

Amusement-park ride at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

Amusement-park ride at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

Ferris Wheel at the California State Fair in Scaramento, California

Ferris Wheel at the California State Fair in Scaramento, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

A young sheep collects wood chips in its fleece, and human onlookers passing by, at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

A young sheep collects wood chips in its fleece, and human onlookers p...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

Ferris wheels, giant vertical revolving wheels with passenger cars suspended on their framework, at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

Ferris wheels, giant vertical revolving wheels with passenger cars sus...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The original Ferris Wheel was designed and constructed by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. as a landmark for the 1893 World's Columbi... More

Farm equipment is turned into (somewhat scary) art at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

Farm equipment is turned into (somewhat scary) art at the annual Iowa ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

A bull makes his exit from the show ring at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

A bull makes his exit from the show ring at the annual Iowa State Fair...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

Amusement-park ride at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

Amusement-park ride at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

Thoroughbred livestock from the cooperatives have won many prizes at county and state fairs. Osage Farms, Missouri

Thoroughbred livestock from the cooperatives have won many prizes at c...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Twirling ride in Phoenix at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair

Twirling ride in Phoenix at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has b...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

Amid the welter of amusement rides and sideshow attractions, food booths at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines have to be colorful to get fairgoers' attention

Amid the welter of amusement rides and sideshow attractions, food boot...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

Amusement-park ride at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

Amusement-park ride at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

Juliana Bourne of Urbandale, Iowa (left), and Ellen Westhoff of Mount Vernon, Iowa, are "livestock patrol" women, helping guide animals and vehicles carrying them through the crowds of visitors at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

Juliana Bourne of Urbandale, Iowa (left), and Ellen Westhoff of Mount ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Their horse, Bailey, is calm and collected through it all. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 d... More

One of many food-concession booths, nearly all of them serving sugary, fattening, andor artery-clogging fare unavailable outside the gates, and therefore all the more tempting " in Phoenix at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair

One of many food-concession booths, nearly all of them serving sugary,...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

One of many food-concession booths, nearly all of them serving sugary, fattening, andor artery-clogging fare unavailable outside the gates, and therefore all the more tempting " in Phoenix at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair

One of many food-concession booths, nearly all of them serving sugary,...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

One of many food-concession booths, nearly all of them serving sugary, fattening, andor artery-clogging fare unavailable outside the gates, and therefore all the more tempting " in Phoenix at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair

One of many food-concession booths, nearly all of them serving sugary,...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

One of the multi-talented Olate Dogs at the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo, Colorado

One of the multi-talented Olate Dogs at the Colorado State Fair in Pue...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Trained by the father-and-son team of Richard and Nicholas Olate, the poodle-mix canines, which are mostly rescues from shelters, pran... More

There are a lot of dairy farms in the rural Midwest state of Iowa, as this sculpture scene made of butter promotes at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

There are a lot of dairy farms in the rural Midwest state of Iowa, as ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

Saddle-bronc contest at the All-Indian Rodeo, a featured competition in Phoenix, open only to Native Americans with proof of tribal identification, at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair

Saddle-bronc contest at the All-Indian Rodeo, a featured competition i...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

One of many food-concession booths, nearly all of them serving sugary, fattening, andor artery-clogging fare unavailable outside the gates, and therefore all the more tempting " in Phoenix at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair

One of many food-concession booths, nearly all of them serving sugary,...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

Carnival rides and games, including a Ferris wheel, in Phoenix at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair

Carnival rides and games, including a Ferris wheel, in Phoenix at the ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

One of many food-concession booths, nearly all of them serving sugary, fattening, andor artery-clogging fare unavailable outside the gates, and therefore all the more tempting " in Phoenix at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair

One of many food-concession booths, nearly all of them serving sugary,...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

A cowboy demonstrates excellent lassoing technique in the calf-roping event at the All-Indian Rodeo, a featured competition in Phoenix, open only to Native Americans with proof of tribal identification, at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair

A cowboy demonstrates excellent lassoing technique in the calf-roping ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

Rides, including a glittering Ferris Wheel, at the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo, Colorado

Rides, including a glittering Ferris Wheel, at the Colorado State Fair...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

Stick figures, and not just stick figures but WALKING stick figures of a leopard and a zebra, at the Wyoming State Fair in Douglas

Stick figures, and not just stick figures but WALKING stick figures of...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Young goats collect wood chips in their fleece, and human onlookers passing by, at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

Young goats collect wood chips in their fleece, and human onlookers pa...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

A Ferris wheel; a giant vertical revolving wheel with passenger cars suspended on its framework; at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

A Ferris wheel; a giant vertical revolving wheel with passenger cars s...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The original Ferris Wheel was designed and constructed by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. as a landmark for the 1893 World's Columbi... More

Carnival rides and games in Phoenix at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair

Carnival rides and games in Phoenix at the annual Arizona State Fair, ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

Entrance, in Phoenix, to the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair

Entrance, in Phoenix, to the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

Group with their pony of the moment at the Wyoming State Fair in Douglas

Group with their pony of the moment at the Wyoming State Fair in Dougl...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Not surprisingly in the largely rural Midwest state, tractors play a prominent role in the downtown Des Moines, Iowa, parade marking the opening of the annual Iowa State Fair

Not surprisingly in the largely rural Midwest state, tractors play a p...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More

A tractor pulls a tourist tram at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

A tractor pulls a tourist tram at the annual Iowa State Fair in the ca...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

Already carefully groomed, a sheep gets a good washing prior to its appearance in the show ring at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

Already carefully groomed, a sheep gets a good washing prior to its ap...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

There are a lot of dairy farms in the rural Midwest state of Iowa, as this "butter cow" sculpture scene made of butter promotes at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

There are a lot of dairy farms in the rural Midwest state of Iowa, as ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The tradition of creating a butter sculpture in the shape of a dairy cow for the fair dates to 1911. The creation starts with a wood, ... More

Great fun is had by all, except perhaps the hungry turkeys, in the "turkey stampede" in Phoenix at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair. The birds run madly, and hilariously, after the small, battered truck, which contains what they're after: a bite or two to eat

Great fun is had by all, except perhaps the hungry turkeys, in the "tu...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

Flag bearer in Phoenix at the All-Indian Rodeo, a featured competition, open only to Native Americans with proof of tribal identification, at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair

Flag bearer in Phoenix at the All-Indian Rodeo, a featured competition...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

A young Iowan's prize-winning arts-and-crafts display inside the 4-H pavilion at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

A young Iowan's prize-winning arts-and-crafts display inside the 4-H p...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. 4-H is a global network of youth organizations whose mission is "engaging youth to reach their fullest potential. Its name is a refere... More

Enticing sideshow booth at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

Enticing sideshow booth at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital c...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

Prize corncobs inside the 4-H pavilion at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

Prize corncobs inside the 4-H pavilion at the annual Iowa State Fair i...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. 4-H is a global network of youth organizations whose mission is "engaging youth to reach their fullest potential. Its name is a refere... More

A sword-swallower performs in Phoenix at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair

A sword-swallower performs in Phoenix at the annual Arizona State Fair...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

One of many food-concession booths, nearly all of them serving sugary, fattening, andor artery-clogging fare unavailable outside the gates, and therefore all the more tempting " in Phoenix at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair

One of many food-concession booths, nearly all of them serving sugary,...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

Prize fruit inside the 4-H pavilion at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

Prize fruit inside the 4-H pavilion at the annual Iowa State Fair in t...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. 4-H is a global network of youth organizations whose mission is "engaging youth to reach their fullest potential. Its name is a refere... More

Marco Pena is about to delight the passing crowd with their wizardry with a lasso at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

Marco Pena is about to delight the passing crowd with their wizardry w...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

A carousel ride, often fondly called a "merry-go-round," at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

A carousel ride, often fondly called a "merry-go-round," at the annual...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

There are a lot of dairy farms in the rural Midwest state of Iowa, as this sculpture scene made of butter promotes at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

There are a lot of dairy farms in the rural Midwest state of Iowa, as ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

Thoroughbred livestock from the cooperatives have won many prizes at county and state fairs. Osage Farms, Missouri

Thoroughbred livestock from the cooperatives have won many prizes at c...

Public domain photograph of American working class people in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

First goes the hat, and soon the rider, in the bareback-bronc-riding contest in Phoenix at the All-Indian Rodeo, a featured competition, open only to Native Americans with proof of tribal identification, at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair

First goes the hat, and soon the rider, in the bareback-bronc-riding c...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

One of the multi-talented Olate Dogs at the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo, Colorado

One of the multi-talented Olate Dogs at the Colorado State Fair in Pue...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Trained by the father-and-son team of Richard and Nicholas Olate, the poodle-mix canines, which are mostly rescues from shelters, pran... More

Scene from the downtown Des Moines, Iowa, parade marking the opening of the annual Iowa State Fair

Scene from the downtown Des Moines, Iowa, parade marking the opening o...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More

Amid the welter of amusement rides and sideshow attractions, food booths at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines have to be colorful to get fairgoers' attention

Amid the welter of amusement rides and sideshow attractions, food boot...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

Prize corncobs inside the 4-H pavilion at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

Prize corncobs inside the 4-H pavilion at the annual Iowa State Fair i...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. 4-H is a global network of youth organizations whose mission is "engaging youth to reach their fullest potential. Its name is a refere... More

Northern Light 1000 lb. hog undefeated at 12 state fairs

Northern Light 1000 lb. hog undefeated at 12 state fairs

Photo by Samuel L. Rank. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Bareback rider and bucking bronco in Phoenix at the All-Indian Rodeo, a featured competition, open only to Native Americans with proof of tribal identification, at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair

Bareback rider and bucking bronco in Phoenix at the All-Indian Rodeo, ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

A stately elk is, to many fairgoers, a surprise attraction inside the animal barns at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

A stately elk is, to many fairgoers, a surprise attraction inside the ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

Scene from the downtown Des Moines, Iowa, parade marking the opening of the annual Iowa State Fair

Scene from the downtown Des Moines, Iowa, parade marking the opening o...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This human in bird's clothing could easily be confused with the Iowa Hawkeye, which is the State University of Iowa's mascot. But he, ... More

Amusement-park ride at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

Amusement-park ride at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

Amusement-park ride at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

Amusement-park ride at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

Entry parade in Phoenix at the All-Indian Rodeo, a featured competition, open only to Native Americans with proof of tribal identification, at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair

Entry parade in Phoenix at the All-Indian Rodeo, a featured competitio...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

Calf-roping event at the All-Indian Rodeo, a featured competition in Phoenix, open only to Native Americans with proof of tribal identification, at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair

Calf-roping event at the All-Indian Rodeo, a featured competition in P...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

One of the multi-talented Olate Dogs at the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo, Colorado

One of the multi-talented Olate Dogs at the Colorado State Fair in Pue...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Trained by the father-and-son team of Richard and Nicholas Olate, the poodle-mix canines, which are mostly rescues from shelters, pran... More

One of the multi-talented Olate Dogs at the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo, Colorado

One of the multi-talented Olate Dogs at the Colorado State Fair in Pue...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Trained by the father-and-son team of Richard and Nicholas Olate, the poodle-mix canines, which are mostly rescues from shelters, pran... More

Amusement-park ride at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

Amusement-park ride at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

An owner or handler leads a horse into the barn at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

An owner or handler leads a horse into the barn at the annual Iowa Sta...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

A stately elk is, to many fairgoers, a surprise attraction inside the animal barns at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

A stately elk is, to many fairgoers, a surprise attraction inside the ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

Saddle-bronc contest in Phoenix at the All-Indian Rodeo, a featured competition, open only to Native Americans with proof of tribal identification, at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair

Saddle-bronc contest in Phoenix at the All-Indian Rodeo, a featured co...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

Contestants and their horses mingle prior to the All-Indian Rodeo, a featured competition in Phoenix, open only to Native Americans with proof of tribal identification, at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair

Contestants and their horses mingle prior to the All-Indian Rodeo, a f...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

Great fun is had by all, except perhaps the hungry turkeys, in the "turkey stampede" in Phoenix at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair. The birds run madly, and hilariously, after the small, battered truck, which contains what they're after: a bite or two to eat

Great fun is had by all, except perhaps the hungry turkeys, in the "tu...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

A carousel ride, often fondly called a "merry-go-round," at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

A carousel ride, often fondly called a "merry-go-round," at the annual...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

Scene from the downtown Des Moines, Iowa, parade marking the opening of the annual Iowa State Fair

Scene from the downtown Des Moines, Iowa, parade marking the opening o...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This human in bird's clothing could easily be confused with the Iowa Hawkeye, which is the State University of Iowa's mascot. But he, ... More

Not surprisingly in the largely rural Midwest state, tractors play a prominent role in the downtown Des Moines, Iowa, parade marking the opening of the annual Iowa State Fair

Not surprisingly in the largely rural Midwest state, tractors play a p...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More

Scene from the downtown Des Moines, Iowa, parade marking the opening of the annual Iowa State Fair

Scene from the downtown Des Moines, Iowa, parade marking the opening o...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More

Tent purveying the kinds of sweet and salty treats often seen at state fairs. But this one is at the annual Pumpkinfest, a colorful fall festival in Damariscotta, Maine

Tent purveying the kinds of sweet and salty treats often seen at state...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-11). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the... More

Great fun is had by all, except perhaps the hungry turkeys, in the "turkey stampede" in Phoenix at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair. The birds run madly, and hilariously, after the small, battered truck, which contains what they're after: a bite or two to eat

Great fun is had by all, except perhaps the hungry turkeys, in the "tu...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

Plump turkey drumsticks sizzle on the coals in Phoenix at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair

Plump turkey drumsticks sizzle on the coals in Phoenix at the annual A...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

T.C. Hatter the juggling clown at the Wyoming State Fair in Douglas

T.C. Hatter the juggling clown at the Wyoming State Fair in Douglas

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

One of the multi-talented Olate Dogs at the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo, Colorado

One of the multi-talented Olate Dogs at the Colorado State Fair in Pue...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Trained by the father-and-son team of Richard and Nicholas Olate, the poodle-mix canines, which are mostly rescues from shelters, pran... More

Not surprisingly in the largely rural Midwest state, tractors play a prominent role in the downtown Des Moines, Iowa, parade marking the opening of the annual Iowa State Fair

Not surprisingly in the largely rural Midwest state, tractors play a p...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More

Amusement-park ride at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

Amusement-park ride at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

Amid the welter of amusement rides and sideshow attractions, food booths at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines have to be colorful to get fairgoers' attention

Amid the welter of amusement rides and sideshow attractions, food boot...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

Prize winners in the gourd family inside the 4-H pavilion at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

Prize winners in the gourd family inside the 4-H pavilion at the annua...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. 4-H is a global network of youth organizations whose mission is "engaging youth to reach their fullest potential. Its name is a refere... More

A bull makes his entrance into the show ring at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

A bull makes his entrance into the show ring at the annual Iowa State ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

Not surprisingly in the largely rural Midwest state, tractors play a prominent role in the downtown Des Moines, Iowa, parade marking the opening of the annual Iowa State Fair

Not surprisingly in the largely rural Midwest state, tractors play a p...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More

We're not sure if this parent and child participated in the downtown Des Moines, Iowa, parade marking the opening of the annual Iowa State Fair (we caught them as the fair was breaking up), but they would have fit right in to the procession of bands, farmers and farm equipment, and marchers in both traditional and unorthodox costumes had they done so

We're not sure if this parent and child participated in the downtown D...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More

Enticing sideshow booth at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

Enticing sideshow booth at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital c...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

Children lead their horse into the barn at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

Children lead their horse into the barn at the annual Iowa State Fair ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

Enticing sideshow booth at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

Enticing sideshow booth at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital c...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

A topiary, or shrub ornamentally pruned, in the shape of a cow at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

A topiary, or shrub ornamentally pruned, in the shape of a cow at the ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

Juliana Bourne of Urbandale, Iowa (left), and Ellen Westhoff of Mount Vernon, Iowa, are "livestock patrol" women, helping guide animals and vehicles carrying them through the crowds of visitors at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

Juliana Bourne of Urbandale, Iowa (left), and Ellen Westhoff of Mount ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Their horse, Bailey, is calm and collected through it all. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 d... More

A stately elk is, to many fairgoers, a surprise attraction inside the animal barns at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines

A stately elk is, to many fairgoers, a surprise attraction inside the ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More

President to be Chosen at New York State Woman Suffrage Convention; page 3

President to be Chosen at New York State Woman Suffrage Convention; pa...

Public domain scan of newspaper clippings, periodicals, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

One of many food-concession booths, nearly all of them serving sugary, fattening, andor artery-clogging fare unavailable outside the gates, and therefore all the more tempting " in Phoenix at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair

One of many food-concession booths, nearly all of them serving sugary,...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

View from on high in Phoenix of many food-concession areas " nearly all of them serving sugary, fattening, andor artery-clogging fare unavailable outside the gates, and therefore all the more tempting " at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair

View from on high in Phoenix of many food-concession areas " nearly al...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

Carnival rides in Phoenix at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair

Carnival rides in Phoenix at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

Contestants await their turn at the All-Indian Rodeo, a featured competition in Phoenix, open only to Native Americans with proof of tribal identification, in the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair

Contestants await their turn at the All-Indian Rodeo, a featured compe...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

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