Don't miss the great Topsfield Fair, Topsfield, Mass., 1935

Description

Poster advertising the Topsfield Fair taking place between Friday, August 30, 1935, and Monday, September 2, 1935. The fair is described as "four delightful days of amusement and education." Attendees could purchase reduced daily admission for 50 cents or season tickets, which guaranteed four admissions, for $1.25. Admission for children was 10 cents.

The poster boasts a variety of events each day, including an animal show, a horse pulling contest, drum corps and wrestling competitions, a bicycle race, a fireworks show each night, and a twice daily "leap of death" by daredevil Bud Hamilton. An illustration of someone completing the stunt is featured at the top of the poster.