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  • Button, State Fair Special
  • Button promoting the "State Fair Special," transportation that carried passengers into downtown Raleigh. The button has a gray background and white text reading: "I'm From/ Raleigh/ State Fair/ Special." The center of the button has a horizontal...
  • During the period from 1873 to 1925, the North Carolina State Fairgrounds were located in the suburbs of Raleigh on Hillsborough Street across from North Carolina State Technical College (now North Carolina State University). By 1915 tracks of the...
  • Lew Powell Collection
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  • Top, North Carolina State Fair
  • Top advertising the North Carolina State Fair. The top is silver with a tan face and peg. The face reads "N.C. / STATE FAIR / OCTOBER 13-18 / It's Your Fair / Be There / RALEIGH."
  • The North Carolina State Fair was first held in 1853 in Raleigh on land to the east of the capitol building. The State Fairgrounds were moved to the current location to the west of Raleigh in 1928. The fair has been held every year except for the...
  • Lew Powell Collection

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