Crowd at grandstand, Norway Fair, circa 1913

Subjects: County & Agricultural Fairs Crowds & Gatherings
Card type: Real photo
Date: c. 1913 (Golden Age)

Back of Crowd at grandstand, Norway Fair, circa 1913, Edwin E. Bryant, MA, USA, c. 1913 real photo postcard — Back

About this postcard

The photograph shows a dense crowd pressed along a fence and a long wooden grandstand at an open fairground. Horses and carriages stand or move in the field, with a few early automobiles mixed in; tents and a long building sit in the background below a wooded hill. The sender calls it a view of the Norway Fair and asks whether the recipient has been. Fairs of this kind drew local families to watch horse events, livestock judging, and machinery displays, and the mix of horse-drawn and motor traffic marks the early automobile era.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

This is a view of Norway Fair Ever been there? Dear Friend sorry to hear your hand was so bad. Will be glad to go night but come out in the P.M. if you do not get the tickets Haskely F H

PostmarkedWALTH, MA

Addressed to

Edwin E. Bryant

84 Perkins St E. Somerville, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked	WALTH, MA
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Edwin E. Bryant, 84 Perkins St, E. Somerville, MA
Stamp	1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
Stamp	1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
Notes	White border; sepia real-photo print; faint pink stain near top center; minor edge wear. Postmark: WALTHAM MASS DEC 9 1913 (year digits faint) — divided-back real-photo card, white border, 1c green Washington stamp; light edge wear, minor corner creases. A word before 'night' in the message is struck through.

Cite this card

Crowd at grandstand, Norway Fair, circa 1913, postcard, c. 1913. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/crowd-at-grandstand-norway-fair-circa-1913. Accessed November 2, 2026.