Curating Wonder–Fall Fair

**Photo 1**: Lakelse Valley exhibit during Fall Fair [Prince Rupert, B.C.], 1915 (photo source: Jack R. Wrathall / Library and Archives Canada) / **Photo 2**: H.K. Dunyes’ Ayrshires at the fair, 1913 (photo source: William James Topley/Library and Archives Canada) / **Photo 3**: Opening of the agricultural Fair, Brantford, Ont., 1904 (photo source: Library and Archives Canada)

“I wonder …”

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Gwen Tuinman

Gwen Tuinman is a novelist, born and raised in rural southern Ontario. She draws on her psychology background to create complex characters shaped by nature, nurture and circumstance. Her storytelling is influenced her interest in bygone days.

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September 30, 2017

Curating Wonder

1900s, Agriculture, Canada, community, exhibit, fair, fall fair, history, Vintage Photography

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Brett
September 30, 2017 at 7:41 am

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Great pics! Some of them were quite formally dressed for a fair. Times gone by.

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- Gwen Tuinman
  October 3, 2017 at 4:36 pm
  
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  I do enjoy seeing how the people dressed for these events. It would be nice to climb into these photos and walk the fairgrounds for a day.
  
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