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1955
GUSN-194064
Reed visited Vermont's Tunbridge Fair, camera in hand, on several occasions. In 1964, Vermont Life published a major photo-essay on the fair, which the editors referred to as "Vermont's own" World's Fair. The fair had a well-earned reputation for being the place where Vermonters let their hair down. This particular photo is of a farmer swinging a large wooden hammer over his head as he attempts to win the 'Strong Man' game. A group of onlookers watch.
fairs
games
events
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
1 photograph
PC044
Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972
PC044.TMP.024
Tunbridge (Orange county, Vermont)
Reed, Verner, 1923-2006 (Photographer)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Included in the exhibition, A Changing World: New England in the Photographs of Verner Reed, 1950-1972.
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