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Photograph was edited for publication purposes The first "Faire" opened its two-day run on May 11, 1963, originally started by founders Ron and Phyllis Patterson. Now called the Renaissance Pleasure Faire, it is a commercial re-enactment of a 1580s market faire at Port Deptford, a waterfront town located in Elizabethan England. The fair is held in various locations and is generally open from the first weekend in April through the weekend before Memorial Day. Photograph caption dated May 31, 1965 reads "Maja Lichtenfeld, 18, of Pacific Palisades, sells oranges to Karl Watts, bread salesman at benefit 'Faire' for radio station KPFK over the weekend in Santa Monica Mountains in Malibu Canyon. 'Faire' ends tonight."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
KPFK (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.) Renaissance Pleasure Faire Young women--California--Los Angeles County Boys--California--Los Angeles County Fairs--California--Los Angeles County Bread--California--Los Angeles County Oranges--California--Los Angeles County Trees--California--Los Angeles County Costumes Mountains--California, Southern Santa Monica Mountains (Calif.) Malibu Canyon (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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