Circus, Exhibition, Fair, Park, & Rodeo Artifacts

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 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...

ARTIFACT: This is a great Ranch 101 Wild West Show 1915 season pass or souvenir badge. Ranch 101, later known as the Miller Brothers Ranch 101, was a large Oklahoma farm and ranch compound started in 1893 by Confederate veteran Colonel George Washington...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare 1904 Louisiana Purchase Expo (aka 1904 St. Louis' World's Fair) official souvenir medal. The Louisiana Purchase was completed in 1803 by an agreement between Thomas Jefferson and France's Napoleon. The exposition intended to mark...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful, large 1907 Jamestown Exposition Badge in high-relief, silver plated brass. The badge depicts a lovely detailed female American Indian wearing a beautiful headdress and her neck is adorned with jewelry. She sits on a log bench draped...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful circa 1892 framed jacquard woven tapestry depicting Christopher Columbus' sighting of America. The tapestry was designed and made at the Arlington Mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has...