[State Fair of Texas Admission Ticket]

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A ticket to the State Fair of Texas, for one high school teacher, valid on Friday, October 22, 1954. The ticket is signed by the president and executive vice president of the fair. The ticket has a tear down the middle, and the ticket is held together by tape.

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1 ticket ; 4 x 9 cm.

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Creator: Unknown. 1954.

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A ticket to the State Fair of Texas, for one high school teacher, valid on Friday, October 22, 1954. The ticket is signed by the president and executive vice president of the fair. The ticket has a tear down the middle, and the ticket is held together by tape.

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1 ticket ; 4 x 9 cm.

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[State Fair of Texas Admission Ticket], text, 1954; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth834023/: accessed June 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell.

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