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This original full-color booklet is from the Sacramento Street Fair and Trades Carnival. It was held on the streets surrounding Capitol Park, Sacramento, during the week of April 30, 1900. An excerpt from the Amador Ledger newspaper, dated April 1900, reads: “The following are a few of the features expected to be secured at the fair: The Streets of Cairo with Turkish and Arab gun spinners, sword fighters and acrobats in games and sports of the Oriental races; a German village with Tyrolean singers; a Japanese theater; a Filipino theater; an Oriental theater; a trained wild animal show; a dog and cat show; a congress of international dancing girls; camels, elephants, ponies, and burros on which the visitors may ride.”
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