1871 Texas State Fair [Award]
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1871 Texas State Fair [Award]Description
The cup is detailed with repousse flowers on either side of a cartouche with the hand engraved presentation “Awarded to Libbie Rice Shearn at the Texas State Fair May 27, 1871 as being the Prettiest Baby Under 2 Years Old”.Context
The first state fair in Texas was established by the Mechanical and Blood Stock Association of Texas (MBSAT). The first fair convened in Houston on the north bank of Buffalo Bayou in 1870. The MBSAT hosted another state fair at the same location in 1871. In 1872, the fair moved to a new location south of Houston in an area more recently known as "Midtown,"Category
Texas Silver
Bayou Bend