2-791-525 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Great Poughkeepsie Cattle Show, 1844. Agricultural show in New York State, USA, view showing '...the general arrangement of the Fair: in the foreground are visitors, some of them farmers, carrying umbrellas to keep off the sun; next, are the fine black cattle, and then the Floral Car; to the right are the refreshment booths; to the left, the white buildings of Poughkeepsie and, in the distance, the Reservoir, the Marquee, and the College; the latter, a superb white marble structure, after the Parthenon, and situated two miles distant'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I.