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Old 09-29-2011, 03:47 PM
 
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From a mechanical monkey to a flying trapeze artist, the first State Fair of Texas in 1886 was a spectacle | State Fair of Texas News - News for Dallas, Texas - The Dallas Morning News

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"...the first State Fair of Texas, held 125 years ago this fall, brought in the crowds with a soaring trapeze artist and a mechanical monkey with a hankering for cigarettes"
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Old 09-29-2011, 05:39 PM
 
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great! cant wait for the fair
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