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County Fairs_National Geographic Magazine 10/1997 57 images Created 1 Apr 2021

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  • A fire-eater wows the audience at a local fair.
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  • A glittering slide and whirling amusement ride light up the Cullman County fair grounds.
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  • A boy takes his cow to 4H competition at the Humboldt County Fair.
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  • Fair-goers can watch amusement riders' reactions on a large-screen TV set up at a local fair.
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  • A ballerina takes a turn on the wooden stage at the Del Norte County Fair.
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  • Portrait of boy with his pet rooster.
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  • Teenagers line up for snapshots at a photo booth at the Los Angeles County fair .
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  • Regional dairy princesses warm up their waves at the Nobles County fair.
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  • Regional dairy princesses prepare for competition at the Nobles County fair.
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  • Regional dairy princesses prepare for competition at the Nobles County fair.
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  • Regional dairy princesses prepare for competition at the Nobles County fair.
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  • Prisoners are brought out to sing at the Brazoria County Fair.
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  • Young girls dressed in star and sunflower costumes wait to parade before their families at the Brazoria County Fair.
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  • A boy uses milk to coax his pet lamb and calf into a waiting truck; the animals are being taken to a nearby fair competition.
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  • A children's beauty pageant at the Cullman County Fair.
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  • A children's beauty pageant at the Cullman County Fair.
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  • A children's beauty pageant at the Cullman County Fair.
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  • A children's beauty pageant at the Cullman County Fair.
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  • A children's beauty pageant at the Cullman County Fair.
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  • Elevated view of this small Vermont town taken during its annual county fair.
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  • Visitors wander through the scores of food stands at the Clay County fair.
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  • Teenagers hang out at the Cullman County Fair.
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  • Drivers compete in the Pig-N-Ford Race at the Tillamook County Fair.
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  • Cowboys loosen up during the rodeo at the Slope County Fair.
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  • A teenager festoons her bedroom with prize ribbons won at the Nobles County Fair.
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  • A boy grabs his hat and his girlfriend on a roller coaster ride.
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  • High school cheerleaders gather backstage to prepare for their routine at the C ullman County Fair.
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  • A young couple at the Brazoria County Fair.
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  • A Chinese Acrobat warms up backstage at the Los Angeles County Fair.
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  • A big wheel bicycle rider at Geauga County, fair.
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  • Equestrian competition at the Brazoria County Fair.
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  • A boy uses milk to coax his pet lamb and calf into a waiting truck; the animals are being taken to a nearby fair competition.
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  • Over view of the Midway at the Los Angeles County Fair.
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  • Amish women watch a professional harness racer rush past them during competition at the Geauga County fairgrounds.
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  • Two men wearing cowboy hats wait outside a public restroom at the Brazoria County Fair.
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  • A boy leans on his cow as they wait for the showmanship competition.
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  • A girl grooms her prizewinning heifer at the Nobles County fair.
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  • A girl grooms her prizewinning heifer at the Nobles County fair.
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  • Dairy princess Anna Vander Kooi has her likeness carved in butter, part of the festivities at the Nobles County fair.
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  • Portrait of 93-year-old Mary Coppini with some of her many gardening prize ribb ons, which were won at the local county fair.
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  • Horseback riders and a collie on the rock strewn beach .
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  • Spectating cowboys sit on the top bar of the fence of a corral during a rodeo a t the Slope County Fair, which is the longest running consecutive fair in North Dakota--held more than 75 years. Slope County is the smallest county in the co untry to have a county fair--there is only one other town in the county besides Amidon.
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  • Young farmers try to manage their pigs during a swine showmanship contest at th e Del Norte fair.
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  • Stretch fabric protects newly-washed sheep from dirt prior to a livestock conte st being held at the Minnesota State Fair.
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  • A Lions Club volunteer is interviewed at the Del Norte County Fair.
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  • Father and son in the farm pickup truck (one of two images taken years apart).
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  • Father and son in the farm pickup truck (one of two images taken years apart).
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  • Father and son corral a cow that refuses to go to the county fair.
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  • Portrait of Anne Burke and her heifer at a local county fair.
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  • A boy uses milk to coax his pet lamb and calf into a waiting truck; the animals are being taken to a nearby fair competition.
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  • 4H contestants camp at the edge of Nobles’ County Fairgrounds.
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  • Men work the pens for 4H competitions.
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  • Are you going to heaven?
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  • Elevated view of this small Vermont town’s midway taken during its annual county fair.
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  • A boy pulls his cow to the 4H competition.
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  • A young woman hitches her 4H project to a fence outside the rodeo at the Slope County Fair in Amidon ND.
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  • Found scene on the way to the Slope County Fair in Amidon, ND.
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