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Title: Main St. at Night--Turlock Melon Carnival
Creator: Forsmark of Turlock, Cal
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1912
Publication Information: California State University, Stanislaus. University Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution: California State University, Stanislaus. Library
Collection: Stanislaus Region History and Culture Image Collection
Rights Information: Public domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Strings of electric light bulbs strung across Main Street and lit at night were one of the attractions of the two day Melon Carnival, circa 1912. The use of electricity was still a fairly new phenomenon and public displays such as this would have been rare.
Type: image
Format: 1 postcard; 9 x 14 cm.
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt4c6026tw
cturs_054
Language: English
Subject: Exterior lighting--California--Turlock
Fairs--California--Turlock
Melon Carnival (Turlock, Calif.)
Place: Turlock (Calif.)

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