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- imprint:The History Press
- format:Paperback
- series:Landmarks
- bisac: TRAVEL / Museums, Tours, Points of Interest
- state:Connecticut
- ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
- PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Architectural & Industrial
- PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Celebrations & Events
- PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
- TRAVEL / Museums, Tours, Points of Interest
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The Great Danbury State Fair
9781626199576
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The first Danbury Fair was held under a borrowed tent in 1869. Over the next 112 years, the fair expanded to a ten-day event, earning a national reputation for its themed villages, giant figures, grandstand shows and wildly popular stock car races. The twelve formal venues for music and entertainment on the fairground included the World of Mirth Theater and the Orange Bowl Stadium. Under the management of oil magnate John W. Leahy, the fair retained its great hometown appeal as city dwellers flocked to the fair by the thousands. Venture back to the autumn days of zany ostrich races and Zembruski's polka music with Andrea Zimmermann as she explores the beloved bygone tradition of the Great Danbury State Fair.
Gillette Castle
9781467118521
Regular price $21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%During his career as an actor, William Gillette portrayed world-renowned character Sherlock Holmes in more than 1,300 performances.
His career as a playwright and actor afforded him the opportunity to purchase a 184-acre estate, where he also built a twenty-four-room medieval-style castle. Overlooking the Connecticut River, Gillette's castle was complete with spy mirrors, sliding furniture, hidden rooms and a three-mile quarter-scale railroad. Since becoming a state park in 1943, it has evolved into one of Connecticut's most popular tourist attractions. Writer and award-winning journalist Erik Ofgang examines the history of an iconic structure and Gillette's life and role in the evolution of Sherlock Holmes.
