Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: September 30 - October 2, 1886
This poster announces the seventh annual Elk County fair in Howard, Kansas. Highlights of the fair include liberal premiums, good accommodations, and races. The poster includes illustrations of livestock and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: September 24 - 27, 1889
This poster announces a fair to be held in Cawker City, Kansas. The poster includes a color image of cattle grazing by a water hole.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Between 1870 and 1910
A poster for the Lawrence, Kansas fair. Highlights include: the finest track in the west; most liberal premiums; chariot races; and horticultural displays.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Between 1880 and 1910
A poster for the Paola, Kansas fair. No year is given but the fair was held in the month of September from the 26th to the 29th. Highlights include: $5,000…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: September 10 - 13, 1889
A poster for the Montgomery County fair in Independence Kansas. Highlights include: $4,000 in premiums; trotting, pacing and running every afternoon; and special rail rates.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: September 19-24, 1887
A poster for the Kansas state fair in Topeka. Highlights include grand exhibition of farming products, races, and flower displays
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: September 21-23, 1880
This poster announces the seventh annual Morris County Fair sponsored by the Morris County Agricultural Society and held in Parkerville, Kansas. Highlights include competitions, races, and the Republican Valley Cornet…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: September 24 - 27, 1889
This poster announces the fourth annual fair of the Cawker City District Fair Association at Cawker City, Kansas. Highlights include $5,000 in premiums, a good band, races each day, and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Between 1880 and 1910
A poster for the Kansas State Fair in Topeka, Kansas.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: September 18 - 21, 1894
This poster announces the twenty-second annual Montgomery County fair in Independence, Kansas. Highlights include $4,000 in premiums. An illustration of a sulky race is included.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: September 11 - 14, 1894
This is a poster for a Wilson County fair to be held in Fredonia, Kansas. Highlights include representative exhibits, a musical program, and racing each day. The poster includes an…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Between 1889 and 1900
A poster for the Kansas State Fair in Topeka, Kansas. The poster includes an illustration of a sulky race with horses and riders. The poster announces $25,000 in premiums, reduced…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Between 1889 and 1900
A poster advertising the Kansas State Fair in Topeka, Kansas. The poster includes an illustration of cattle grazing. The poster announces $25,000 in premiums, reduced rail rates, and grand attractions…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: September 25 - 27, 1878
This poster announces a fair at Burlingame, Osage County, Kansas. Some of the attractions include: racing, $1,000 in cash premiums, brass bands, and a grand baby show.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1938
Woodcut entitled “Dust Storm” by Herschel C. Logan. The artist was a charter member of the influential Prairie Print Makers, a group dedicated to promoting print making and offering affordable…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: September 18, 1888-September 21, 1888
This is a poster for the sixth annual Nemaha county fair. It was to take place in Seneca on September 19-21, 1888.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1884
A poster for the Franklin County fair to take place September 23-27. Also mentiond is $3,000 to be given in premiums.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: September 19-24, 1887
A poster for the 1887 Kansas State Fair in Topeka, Kansas. Highlights include: $20,000 in premiums; races each day; band tournaments; and a grand aggregation of agricultural, horticultural, and live…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: September 23, 1884-September 26, 1884
A poster for the second annual Clay county fair. Highlights include: $3000 in premiums; a steeple chase; Roman chariot race; a knights tournament; and an opening address by senator John…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Between 1880 and 1910
A poster for the Kansas State Fair that was to take place September 16-21 in Topeka. Several highlights of the fair are given including: $25,000 in premiums, $6,000 in purses,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: September 30, 1879-October 3, 1979
This poster announces the seventh Marshall County exposition to be held in Marysville, Kansas. Highlights of the event include a solders reunion, a veteran’s rifle shooting competition, two bands, and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Between 1880 and 1910
A poster for the Kansas State Fair that was to take place September 16-21. Several highlights of the fair are given including: $25,000 in premiums; $6,000 in purses; performances by…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: September 19, 1887-September 24, 1887
A poster for the fifth annual Kansas state fair listing the upcoming attractions including $20,000 in premiums; music each day by leading Kansas bands; races each day; G.A.R. reunion; and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1888
This is a promotional poster for a combination of agricultural fairs and race meetings including the Wichita Exposition; Cowley County Fair and Driving Park Association; Harvey County Fair Association; Kansas…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1894
A blue political campaign ribbon sponsored by the Emporia Gazette (newspaper) promoting “more [corn], less hell” in 1894. The slogan is a rebuttal of the Populist appeal that farmers raise…
