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looking out on north brooklyn, lower manhattan, etc. |
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What: 2008 State Fair of Texas
http://www.bigtex.com When: Sept. 26 - Oct. 19 Where: Fair Park, a 277-acre entertainment and recreation complex owned by the City of Dallas, is located two miles east of downtown. The park is the year-round home of the Music Hall, Cotton Bowl and eight museums. Fair Park is a National Historic Landmark and boasts the largest collection of art deco exposition buildings in the United States. Big Tex Big Tex made his debut at the 1952 State Fair of Texas. Wearing size 70 boots and a 75-gallon hat, Tex towered 52' above wide-eyed visitors. His denim jeans and plaid shirt were donated by the H. D. Lee Company of Shawnee Mission, Kansas. Cosmetic surgery the following year straightened his nose, corrected a lascivious wink and allowed him to talk. From The Great State Fair of Texas – An Illustrated History, by Nancy Wiley. HISTORY: The first State Fair to be held in Dallas was presented at this location in 1886. Fair Park was the site of the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition which ran for six months and attracted 6 million people. An extended 31-day Fair in 1986 celebrated the Texas Sesquicentennial and drew almost 4 million visitors. |
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Des Moines Iowa, 2008 State Fair; Van and Bonnie Radio Program - Attempt to set the world record for everyone eating corndogs at the same time. 8400 corn dogs were prepared, 10,000 people in the grand stands and thousands waiting, that couldn't get in. www.mediagrapher.com |
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2008 Des Moines Iowa, State Fair - Van and Bonnie radio show. The begin eating signal has been given! www.mediagrapher.com |
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A scene from the Nebraska State Fair in Lincoln Nebraska. Last year for the state fair at this location wher it has been for many years. Moving to Grand Island NE for the first time in 2010 This is the village area on the South edge of the fair grounds |
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A scene from the Nebraska State Fair in Lincoln Nebraska. Last year for the state fair at this location wher it has been for many years. Moving to Grand Island NE for the first time in 2010
This is looking down the street by the 4H livestock barns. A lot of people moving around so it is pretty choppy but creates some intersting "split personalities" The random cloud cover caused some exposure issues here too that gives this some striping. |
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A panorama at Ohio Stadium during the June 2009 commencement |
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Image by Mike Andree. This is a Gigapan of the Apis mellifera collection tray from the Pennsylvania Department of Agiriculture. The tray contains worker honey bees, drones, and a few queens. They are also tagged with the collection date, origin of collection, and the person who collected the specimen. Zoom in to see if you can tell the different castes apart. |
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Wetlands in Arrowood National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota |
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This is my beginning photography class at Ohio State University. Those smiling are happy with Obama, but I told them they could cheat. |