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Wednesday, May 07, 2008

1894: THE GRANDSTAND AT THE FAIR

WHAT A TREASURE IT WAS! THE INTERSTATE FAIR WAS THE NATIONALLY KNOWN ENTERTAINMENT CAPITAL OF NEW JERSEY BACK IN THE LATTER PART OF THE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY. EVEN THOUGH THE GRANDSTAND HAD GONE THROUGHT MANY STRUCTURAL CHANGES WHEN I WAS A BOY, THE BASIC CONSTRUCTION REMAINED JUST ABOUT AS YOU SEE IT IN THIS 1894 ENGRAVING.

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