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Title: Denair's display win's first prize at the 1911 Turlock Melon Carnival
Creator: Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1911
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: In this postcard image is the display that won the $25 first prize at the first Melon Carnival in Turlock, California in 1911. The Chamber of Commerce of Denair, California created the entry. A variety of melons surround the base of the display. Very large melons are set at each corner. Visible in the foreground is one marked: ERobertson, 154 (or 164) lbs. Very tall cornstalks line the sides of the windmill. To the left of the display, a boy and two men are dwarfed by its height.
Type: image
Format: 1 postcard; 9 x 14 cm.
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt8m3nd61v
cturs_053
Language: English
Subject: Carnival games--California--Turlock
Fairs--California--Turlock
Watermelons--California--Turlock
Melon Carnival (Turlock, Calif.)
Place: Denair (Calif.)
Turlock (Calif.)

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