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Title	Darke County Fair Posters
Subject	Agriculture Expositions and fairs Advertising Monkeys
Place	Greenville (Ohio) Darke County (Ohio)
Description	These two posters advertise the Darke County Fair in Greenville, Ohio. The first poster is from 1877 and measures 23" x 32" (58.42 x 81.28 cm). The second poster, shaped like a monkey who is holding a sign for the fair, is from 1894. It measures approximately 15.5" x 10" (39.37 x 25.4 cm). The Darke County Agricultural Society organized in 1853 and began planning an annual fair. The first Darke County Agricultural Fair was held September 7 and 8, 1853. A reporter for The Mad Anthony, a local paper, remarked on September 14: "The Darke County Agricultural Fair proved to be all that its friends could have wished. We have had the pleasure of attending several old-established county fairs throughout the state, and can safely assert that we have never yet witnessed a better display of stock than was exhibited in Greenville on the seventh and eighth." In 1877, the year the first poster was printed, the fair drew a crowd of 10,000 people for its opening day. It continued to expand, adding a Floral Hall for the exhibition of plants and flowers, as well as several new buildings for animals.
Date of Original	1877; 1894
Source	Published material
Submitting Institution	Darke County Historical Society
Type	Text

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