Canton Free Street Fair

Canton Free Street Fair Event Button Museum
Category
Event
Additional Images
Canton Free Street Fair button back Event Button Museum
Sub Categories
Photographs
Text on Button CANTON FREE STREET FAIR Oct. 2-3 4-5 1900 - ME AND HIM WILL BE THERE
Image Description

Black and white photograph of a tall thin man boxing with a short stout man. Black text on each side of the image and red text in the center and on the upper and lower edge of the button.
Curl Text ...Pine Street St. Louis Manufacturer of Badges, Medals, Seals, Souveniers, Novelties, etc.
Back Style
Locking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
1 1/2 inch
Year / Decade Made
1900
The Manufacturer
Haskell
Additional Information

Promotional button for the Canton Free Street Fair in 1900, highlighting a sideshow boxing event with George Moore and Fred Howe. Fred Howe (the portly fellow) was reported to be 5'4" and 435 pounds and George Moore (the thin giant) was billed at 7' 2" and 110 pounds. Both are said to have been 22 years old at the time this photo was taken.
Catalog ID EV0033