Circus, Exhibition, Fair, Park, & Rodeo Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a program for the 1960 Laconia, New Hampshire World Championship Sled Dog Derby, an annual event since 192The cover features a photo of Leonhard Seppala, famed 83 year old veteran of the Alaskan trails and invited judge. The program has...

ARTIFACT: Original commemorative lapel pin commemorating Crociera Aerea Del Decennale XI, this particular flight consisted of 24 seaplanes/flying boats under the command of Italo Balbo (Air Force Minister under Mussolini) and lasted from 01 July to 12...

ARTIFACT: This badge is from the air rally of the Paris World Exposition in 1937. VINTAGE: Circa 1937. SIZE: About 1 " wide and 7/8 in height. The catch on the back is " tall. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gilt brass and enamel. ATTACHMENT: Locking...

ARTIFACT: This is a delicate and beautiful Welch's Grape Juice souvenir glass form the company's pavilion at the 1905 Lewis & Clark Exposition. The Expo was held in Portland, Oregon to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the duo's historic westward...

ARTIFACT: This is an enameled souvenir lapel pin from the USSR Cultural (Soviet National) Exhibit that opened at the New York City Coliseum on June 30, 195The exhibition was agreed to per a 1958 treaty by the United States and Russian governments as a...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950 International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) finalist medal, possibly for the first fair ever. The fair for pre-college contestants was the culmination of a few decades of effort to have clearer communication between...

ARTIFACT: This is a celluloid badge for the Lynn, Massachusetts General Electric plant from the 1940 New York World's Fair. VINTAGE: Circa 1940. SIZE: About 1-3/4" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Paper, celluloid and tin. ATTACHMENT: Straight...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce "Lucky Mr. Peanut" pin from the 1939-1940 World's Fair in New York. The pin is on its original card. Mr. Peanut, the Planters' Peanuts mascot, was 33 at the time of his World's Fair appearance. The pin shows him standing in...

ARTIFACT: This is a tiny lapel pin from the 1939 World's Fair in New York City. The pin is in white metal. VINTAGE: Circa 1939. SIZE: Approximately 5/16" in height and 9/16" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: White metal. ATTACHMENT: Horizontal pin...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1904 World Fair Commission delegate badge. The badge reads WORLD FAIR COMMISSION 1904 and the bar at top reads PENNSYLVANIA. VINTAGE: Circa 1904. SIZE: 3-1/8" height including ribbon and 1-11/16" width at bar. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is an official employee badge from the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was held in 1893, one year after the 400th anniversary of Columbus' voyage to the "New World". The badge...

ARTIFACT: This is a perpetual calendar by W.W. Kitchen from the 1893 Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, held one year after the 400th anniversary of Columbus' voyage to the "New World". VINTAGE: Circa 1892...