Image / Ferris Wheel on Main Street in Turlock, California, circa 1912

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Title: Ferris Wheel on Main Street in Turlock, California, circa 1912
Creator: Unknown
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: Turlock's Melon Carnival was such a success they included a Ferris Wheel in the second one held in 1912. Subsequent carnivals were not held on Main Street but at various locations until the Legion and Auxiliary purchased a twelve acre site. After 1934 the carnival was transformed into the 38th District Fair, and the site became known as the Stanislaus County Fairgrounds.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print; 9 x 15 cm.
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt800026xm
cturs_056
Language: English
Subject: Carnival games--California--Turlock
Fairs--California--Turlock
Ferris wheels
Melon Carnival (Turlock, Calif.)
Place: Stanislaus County Fairgrounds (Calif.)
Turlock (Calif.)

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