Information Sheet

 

 

R         Benton County Agricultural and Mechanical Society.  Cole Camp Fair.

842                  Premium List, 1942.

                                    One folder.

 

 

 

This is the Premium List booklet for the Cole Camp Fair, held on 17-19 September 1942 at Cole Camp, Missouri, under the auspices of the Benton County Agricultural and Mechanical Soci­ety.

 

The Cole Camp Fair was typical of rural “county” fairs of the time.  Activities included “exhibitions” in several “Departments,” including Home Arts, Home Economics, Floriculture, Farm Products/Agriculture, Cattle, Mules, Horses, Poultry, Hobby, and Educational.  Modest “premiums” were awarded by judges to the best exhibits.  In keeping with the wartime emergency, the fair stressed the national defense aspects of agriculture, exhibitors were restricted to residents in a 12-mile radius of Cole Camp, and all premiums were paid in war savings stamps.

 

This 60-page booklet includes information about the fair’s administration and officers, a schedule of events, and many advertisements for local businesses.

 

 

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