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15th annual Fullerton Community Fair : SJM fiesta shows

Description: Image of a carnival scene with fair rides, games and food booths sponsored by various service clubs and church groups; the poster advertises the Fullerton Community Fair in Fullerton, California.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1965
Call number: priJLC_FAIR_003037
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Associated people: Ackermann, Emil F., (1840-); Ames, Daniel T. (1826-1909.); Aubrun, Louis. (1808-); Benecke, Theodore. (1823-1898.); Bentzen, B. M. (approximately 1828-approximately 1894.)

Fullerton Lions Clubs community fair

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Image of a nighttime carnival scene with people enjoying fair rides and a fun house; spotlights shine up into the night sky in the background; the poster advertises the Fullerton Community Fair in Fullerton, California.

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The paratrooper for fun!! and thrills!!

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Image of a spinning fair amusement ride called the "Paratrooper" next to a ticket booth with barred windows; a pair of small parachuting figures are pictured at top left; the poster advertises the Fullerton Community Fair in Fullerton, California.

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New Parker Amusement Co's "world's fair on wheels" : Raver & Darnaby's glittering oriental extravaganza the singing girls of Bagdad

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Image of an outdoor scene with a group of young women from Baghdad, Iraq, dressed in Middle Eastern costumes with flowing skirts, jewelry, gold headdresses, and scarves, with female performers playing musical instruments including a drum and a lute, and the minarets of a city visible in the distance; the poster advertises the "Bagdad" musical carnival performed by the New Parker Amusement Company owned by Harry Raver and J. A. Darnaby.

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Funniest show in the world the huge pantomimic musical comedy : an aerial honeymoon invented and patented by John F. Byrne

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Image of a crashing airship scene with people in their pajamas being tossed around in an "Air Line Sleeping Car" and men hanging from the ship's rafters; the poster advertises a scene from the musical comedy "An Aerial Honeymoon" by John F. Byrne.

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The fire show fighting the flames : department arriving at fire

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Image of a horse-drawn fire engine and firefighters racing to the scene of a raging fire at a drugstore, with police holding back onlookers; the poster advertises the fire-disaster show "Fighting the Flames" performed for audiences at amusement parks.

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Parker's sublime creation or the beginning : a wondrous production of marvelous realism and angelic purity : beautiful $10,000 spectacle

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Image of two angels with wings blowing trumpets while one holds a thurible from a gold chain with smoke and a second burning incense censer stands on a pedestal; with a vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of carnival proprietor C. W. Parker at middle left of image; the poster advertises the carnival show "Creation."

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15th annual Fullerton Community Fair : SJM fiesta shows

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