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Midway attraction, State Fair, Rutland, Vermont

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ArtistArthur Rothstein (American, 1915–1985)
TitleMidway attraction, State Fair, Rutland, Vermont
DateSeptember 1937
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 1/2 × 9 5/8 in. (16.5 × 24.5 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/16 × 10 in. (20.5 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineHenry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number79.200.XX.2.19
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts the exterior of a grass-thatched fair tent. A painted sign on the tent depicts a man wrestling an alligator. A group of women peer into the tent, while others congregate outside.

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts the exterior of a grass-thatched fair tent. A painted sign on the tent depicts a man wrestling an alligator. A group of women peer into the tent, while others congregate outside.

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"Midway attraction, State Fair, Rutland, Vermont | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=79.200.XX.2.19