Barnstable County Fair collection, 1873-1988.

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Barnstable County Fair collection, 1873-1988.

The collection of consists of documents, manuscripts, memorabilia, ephemera, photographs, ribbons, artifacts, plans, blueprints, and posters related to the Barnstable Agricultural and County Fairs dating from 1873 to 1939. The collection was acquired from Dave Crocker, whose grandfather was a Fair Committee Chairperson and instrumental in the planning and implementation of the Fair in the early years of the 20th century.

3 boxes + 1 framed poster.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7963594

Sturgis Library (Barnstable, Mass.)

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Sturgis Library (Barnstable, Mass.). Archives.

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Built in 1873, the Colin C. Baker was a 3-masted schooner partially owned and captained by Browning K. Baker of West Dennis (Mass.). From its home port of Boston, it sailed the Mid and North Atlantic in pursuit of trade in coal and other mined commodities. It was abandoned at sea in 1917. From the description of Schooner Colin C. Baker papers, 1874-1903. (Clams, Inc). WorldCat record id: 62879980 ...

Barnstable Agricultural Association.

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Crocker, Alfred A.

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Barnstable Agricultural Fair (Barnstable, Mass.)

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