Carstens Booth at Puyallup Fair, Times, Burt McMurtrie. Carstens' display includes windows into a refrigerated area with hung meat and the cuts of meat from each kind of animal, some of the prepackaged foods produced by the company and an array of the processed meats such as bologna and sausages also produced by Carstens. A picture of their new refrigerated trucks hangs along the left wall.

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Fair booth, windows and overall, Carstens Packing Company, Mr. White. Carstens Tacoma location was 1623 East J Street. Carstens advertised their display at the Puyallup Fair in the Tacoma News Tribune with, "See all the delicious "nifty" - "thrifty" meat cuts. See the charts on How to Select Meats and How to Prepare Them! Free Booklets, too! It's a Carstens' feature, of course!" This part of their window display features meat before and after it has been cut into cooking-size pieces. (TNT, 9/17/1948, p.11)

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Fair booth, windows and overall, Carstens Packing Company, Mr. White. Carstens Tacoma location was 1623 East J Street. This window display shows meat hung in the back and how to cook meat using different methods along the front. From left to right, the meats are lamb, veal, beef rib, beef, pork exterior and pork interior. The cuts of meat shown on the raised tray in the middle are "party cuts" for special occasions.

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Fair booth, windows and overall, Carstens Packing Company, Mr. White. Carstens provided a large window display at the Puyallup Fair with labels for all the meats and cuts of meats shown. The two middle panels feature the processed foods made by the company: hot dogs, sausages, summer sausages and canned beef and gravy, corned beef hash, and chili con carne. The company advertised having locations in Tacoma, Seattle and Spokane.

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Booth at the 1937 Puyallup Fair sponsored by the Plywood Sales and Box Co. in Tacoma. The display features Magi-Kote wall board for "The New Modern Interior." Room display with fireplace, wall covering connected with metal strips and modern furniture.

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Sunset Electric Company presented a display of Frigidaire appliances at the 1952 Puyallup Fair featuring several sizes of refrigerator, an electric water heater, washer and dryer, a mandrel ironing machine, electric stoves, and an institutional sized milk cooler. A large sign over the washer and dryer announced, "Leisure Laundry."

Western Washington Fair (Puyallup); Exhibit booths--Puyallup; Appliances; Refrigerators; Washing machines; Irons (Pressing); Stoves--Puyallup; Water heaters;

Chilson Dahlia Gardens' display at the 1952 Puyallup Fair was a massive display of many of the varieties of dahlias. Chilson Dahlia Gardens was located at Route 4, Olympia.

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A display of cow eggs! Balls painted with blakc and white cow spots in a wheelbarrow full of straw on display in the dairy barn.

A little girl gets her face painted at the Kid's Free Face Painting booth

Legendary film star and accomplished artist George Montgomery (left) joined forces with nationally recognized local Western artist Fred Oldfield on a "quick draw" piece that was auctioned, with proceeds going to the Fair's Scholarship Fund.

Man in Scottish outfit with kilt holds Scottish Blackface sheep on leads while posing with a girl holding a laughing baby boy on a sheep's back.

Floral Department Superintendent Louise Merriman and her husband sit on a bench with the Washington State Fair costume character chicken.

Cooking pancakes at the Puyallup Downtown Breakfast. Andy the inflatable cow is up the street in the background.

A giant pumpkin, carved at the Washington State Fair by Russ and Pam Leno. This is the Fair's centennial celebration.

A portion of the Floral Show at the Washington State Fair.

An overhead view of the midway during the Washington State Fair.

The Washington State Fair's Northwest Concert Center.

The Washington State Fair's Planting Patch.

A portion of the grange exhibits at the Washington State Fair.

A portion of the grange exhibits at the Washington State Fair.

A group of sheep being shown at the Washington State Fair.

A ribbon-winning grange display at the Washington State Fair.

This a a portion of the Washington State Fair Western Rodeo Parade and Cattle Drive, traveling south on Meridian before entering the Star Gate and the Fairgrounds.

It's fun, sun and the River Ride in the Washington State Fair's Kiddyland.

Herd of Corriente cattle on Meridian during the Washington State Fair Western Rodeo Parade.

Puyallup Western Rodeo Parade on Meridian with Washington State Fair chuck wagon driven by Kathy Fewins and team of mules.

Puyallup Western Rodeo Parade on Meridian with I Corps and Fort Lewis Color Guard.

Washington State Fair Western Rodeo Parade on Meridian with 56th Army Band.

Washington State Fair Western Rodeo Parade on Meridian with American Made Rodeo Drill Team.

Rodeo Bandits Drill Team in the Washington State Fair Western Rodeo Parade.