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This poster announces the sixth annual fair at Wichita, Kansas, sponsored by the Sedgwick County Agricultural and Mechanical Association. Highlights of the fair include footraces, trials of speed, and reduced railroad rates. The poster includes illustrations of livestock and sulky races.
Creator: Sedgwick County Agricultural Association
Date: September 24 - 27, 1878
Item Number: 212765
Call Number: 1994.48.298
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 212765
Agriculture - Livestock
Collections - Museum
Community Life - Events and Celebrations - Fairs
Community Life - Recreation and Sports - Sports - Racing (dog and horse)
Date - 1870s - 1878
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Advertising Medium - Poster
Places - Cities and towns - Wichita
Places - Counties - Sedgwick
Transportation - Non-motorized - Sulkies
Type of Material - Printed materials - Posters
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/212765