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Description
The photograph shows a parade at the track and the judge's stand at the "old" Fryeburg Fair, prior to 1885.
Peleg Wadsworth, Samuel Stickney, E.L. Osgood and John W. Dana, who formed the West Oxford Agricultural Society, organized the fair in 1851.
For its first seven years, the fair rotated between Fryeburg, Brownfield, Porter, Denmark and Lovell.
On Oct. 6, 1885 the Society bought the present-day Fryeburg Fairgrounds and since then, the fair has been held in Fryeburg.
About This Item
- Title: West Oxford Agricultural Society fair, ca. 1880
- Creation Date: circa 1880
- Subject Date: circa 1880
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Locations:
- Fryeburg, Oxford County, ME
- Brownfield, Oxford County, ME
- Porter, Oxford County, ME
- Lovell, Oxford County, ME
- Denmark, Oxford County, ME
- Media: Photoprint
- Dimensions: 9 cm x 9 cm
- Local Code: Fryeburg Fair
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Agricultural exhibitions--Maine--Oxford County
- Fairs--Maine--Oxford County
- Fryeburg Fair
- West Oxford Agricultural Society
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For more information about this item, contact:
Fryeburg Historical Society83 Portland St, Fryeburg, ME 04037
(207) 256-3001
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