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Throwback! Step right up and see these photos of summer fairs past

Image: A couple in a fair ride in 1942.

On the midway at the Imperial County Fair, California 1942Russell Lee / Library of Congress

June 5, 2014, 2:14 PM UTC

By Samantha Okazaki

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Throwback fairs!

With county fair season just around the corner, take a nostalgic look back at vintage pictures of fairs past.