Title	Ohio State Fair Silver Cup
Subject	Agriculture Expositions and fairs Awards
Place	Cleveland (Ohio) Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
Description	A silver cup engraved with "Ohio State Board of Agriculture Premium" was awarded at the Ohio State Fair in Cleveland in either 1852 or 1856. Premiums were awarded for the best agricultural products such as animals, agricultural implements, field crops, fruits, domestic goods and mechanic arts. The cup was produced by Ralph Cowles and Joseph Albertson, whose company was located at 49 Superior Avenue in Cleveland. It measures 3.14 by 3.14 by 4.52 inches (8 by 8 by 11.5 cm). The Ohio State Fair was an important opportunity for farmers to promote their crops and livestock and to learn about advances in agricultural machinery. The first state fair was held in Cincinnati in 1850. In the ten years that followed, Newark, Sandusky, and Zanesville hosted the fair. Cleveland hosted the fair in 1852 and 1856, before it settled permanently in Columbus.
Creator	Cowles, Ralph Albertson, Joseph
Date of Original	1852 or 1856
Source	Historical object(s) or artifact(s); H 85038
Format	picture objects
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
File Name	Om1383_1132022_001.tif
Image Height	876
Image Width	868
File Size	228.548 KB
Date created	2009-01-13

Ohio State Fair Silver Cup

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