Poster

Title:

The Seventh Annual Grange State Fair

Object Name:

Poster

Object ID:

1988.515

Creator:

Strobridge Lithographing Company -- Lithographer; Republican Press Association -- Publisher

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

1892

Description:

Poster for The Seventh Annual Grange State Fair, central image chromolithographed by Strobridge Lithographing Company, letterpress text published by the Republican Press Association, 1892. Text above and below a central chromolithographic image of cattle standing in a field; a dairy cow drinks from a pool of water at left. Printed signature lower edge, right of center: "COPYRIGHTED 1889 BY THE STROBRIDGE LITH CO. - CINTI. N.Y. & LONDON". Upper right corner of image: "No. 62". Printed above image: "THE SEVENTH ANNUAL GRANGE / STATE FAIR / WILL BE HELD AT THE TILTON AND FRANKLIN DRIVING PARK / TILTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE / Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday September 13, 14, and 15, 1892". Below image: "A MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY OF / HORSES CATTLE SHEEP SWINE FRUIT / AND FARM PRODUCTS OF SUPERIOR EXCELLENCE AND GREAT VARIETY. / WEDNESDAY SEPT. 14 / WILL BE / GOVERNOR'S DAY / When addresses will be delivered by His Excellency Hiram A. Tuttle, Hon. Moses Humphrey, President of the State Board of Agriculture, Senators, Members of Congress from New Hampshire, and / other DISTINGUISHED speakers. / A BALLOON ASCENSION / WILL BE MADE ON THURSDAY, by Prof. James Allen, of Providence, R.I., in a Mammoth Balloon, CARRYING SEVERAL PEOPLE. / EXCITING RACES On the track each afternoon / of the Fair. / A BASE BALL GAME WILL BE PLAYED WEDNESDAY / by the Dartmouth College Team of Hanover, and the Milford Team, of Milford. / RUBLEE'S BAND, OF LAKEPORT, AND THE THIRD REGIMENT BAND, OF CONCORD, / WILL FURNISH ENLIVENING MUSIC. / EXCURSION TRAINS BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE STATE, AND REDUCED RATES ON ALL REGULAR AND EXCURSION TRAINS. / ADMISSION, [bullet] [bullet] 35 CENTS / For Premium Lists, Entry Blanks, and all Particulars in regard to the Exhibit or Railroad Arrangements, address, / WARREN TRIPP, President. G.H. WADLEIGH, Treasurer. N. J. Bachelder, Secretary, East Andover, N.H. / For Ground Rent for Sale of Goods, address, T.O. TAYLOR, General Superintendent, Sanbornton, N.H. / REPUBLICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION, CONCORD, N.H." Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-83.5 W-40.3 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Strobridge Lithographing Company

Subjects:

Fairs, Grange, State fairs, Cattle