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Paris Fall Fair, 1908

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Creators

Unknown

Smith, Donald A.

, Editor

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

This 1908 photograph depicts visitors at that year's Paris Fall Fair. At the time, the fairgrounds were located at the corner of William and Elm Streets, where the Syl Apps Community Centre and baseball park are now.

Signs in this photograph include "Tremaine Candy Kitchen, Brantford"; "Daily Expositor for Sale Here"; "Grafton's Union Made Clothing, Brantford".

This image was printed on the twenty-seventh page of photographs in At the Forks of the Grand: Volume II by D. A. Smith.

Inscriptions

PARIS SHOW FAIR
1908

(On original matting)

Paris Fall Fair, 1908. It was held on Elm Street where the present arena (1981) now stands.
Copied and enlarged by D.A. Smith

Date of Original

1908

Dimensions

Width: 24.1 cm
Height: 15.2 cm

Subject(s)

Fairs
Paris, Ontario
Paris Fair

Local identifier

1999.0056.02

Collection

D.A. Smith Photograph Collection

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

Paris

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.1943710865291 Longitude: -80.3811585903168

Recommended Citation

Paris Fall Fair, 1908, D.A. Smith Photograph Collection, 1999.0056.02, Paris Museum and Historical Society

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