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California County Fairs 64 images Created 5 Apr 2019

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  • "If this flag offends you I'll help you pack": competitors inspect their vehicle during the Tuff Truck & Mud Bog event | Yuba City | Yuba County (Yuba-Sutter Fair)
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  • Yuba City | Yuba County (Yuba-Sutter Fair)
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  • Turlock | Stanislaus County Fair
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  • Turlock | Stanislaus County Fair
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  • Turlock | Stanislaus County Fair
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  • Contestants listen to the rules and safety guidelines before the start of the tractor pull competition | Turlock | Stanislaus County Fair
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  • Santa Rosa | Sonoma County Fair
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  • A cowboy gets ready for professional roping and riding events at the rodeo | Santa Rosa | Sonoma County Fair
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  • Cowboy hacky sack before the rodeo | Santa Rosa | Sonoma County Fair
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  • At the horse races | Santa Rosa | Sonoma County Fair
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  • A troupe of dancers in Mexico's ballet folklorico tradition prepare to take the stage | Santa Rosa | Sonoma County Fair
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  • Concert goers | Vallejo | Solano County Fair
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  • Juneteenth concert | Vallejo | Solano County Fair
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  • Watsonville | Santa Cruz County Fair
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  • Watsonville | Santa Cruz County Fair
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  • San Jose | Santa Clara County Fair
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  • A tactical unit from the sheriff's office stands watch over the the Santa Clara County Fair in July 2019, a week after a gunman at the nearby Gilroy Garlic Festival killed three people and wounded 17 others | San Jose | Santa Clara County Fair
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  • San Mateo | San Mateo County Fair
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  • Workers at a county-sponsored COVID-19 vaccination clinic | San Mateo | San Mateo County Fair
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  • Kids practice presenting their livestock projects to be judged in competition | San Mateo | San Mateo County Fair
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  • Virtual reality | San Mateo | San Mateo County Fair
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  • Truck & Tractor Pull competition | San Benito County Fair
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  • Tres Pinos | San Benito County Fair
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  • At a truck & tractor pull competition, modified vehicles — stripped of non-essential mechanics and with added engine size and horsepower — pull a sled with a weight that moves gradually toward the front until the truck or tractor can no longer advance. The winner has pulled the sled the farthest | Tres Pinos | San Benito County Fair
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  • Truck & Tractor Pull competition | San Benito County Fair
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  • Firefighters at the Truck & Tractor Pull competition | San Benito County Fair
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  • Tres Pinos | San Benito County Fair
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  • Tres Pinos | San Benito County Fair
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  • Production of "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (and Ring)" at the Magic Carpet Stage | Indio | Riverside County Fair & National Date Festival
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  • Production of "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (and Ring)" at the Magic Carpet Stage | Indio | Riverside County Fair & National Date Festival
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  • Production of "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (and Ring)" at the Magic Carpet Stage | Indio |Riverside County Fair & National Date Festival
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  • Desert Mirage High School senior Julianna Gaytan was crowned Queen Scheherazade at the 2019 Datefest | Indio | Riverside County Fair & National Date Festival
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  • A Junior ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) color guard presents the US Marine Corps and American flags at the Magic Carpet Stage | Indio | Riverside County Fair & National Date Festival
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  • Richard De Haven leads cast members backstage after a scene from "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (and Ring)" at the Magic Carpet Stage. Serving as director and a member of the cast, De Haven is executive director of Children's Playtime Productions, a local non-profit theater company for children and adults, which produces the annual stage show of a tale associated with the "Thousand and One Nights," continuing a tradition that goes back to 1948  | Indio | Riverside County Fair & National Date Festival
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  • Riverside County
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  • High school student cadets from the US Marine Corps Junior ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) program enjoy a snack before presenting the American and Marine Corps flags at the stage production of "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (and Ring)" | Indio | Riverside County Fair & National Date Festival
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  • Ranchers' Day at the fair | Modoc County (Modoc District Fair)
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  • Ranchers' Day at the fair | Modoc County (Modoc District Fair)
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  • Ranchers' Day 2022 at the Modoc District Fair in Cedarviile, California. Photo by Preston Merchant (archive.prestonmerchant.com)
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  • Cedarville | Modoc County (Modoc District Fair)
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  • Ranchers' Day 2022 at the Modoc District Fair in Cedarviile, California. Photo by Preston Merchant (archive.prestonmerchant.com)
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  • The Modoc District Fair hosts a Ranchers' Day for local riders to compete in individual and group roping and other rodeo events. Schools are out on fair days, and the proceedings have a small-town feel | Cedarville | Modoc County (Modoc District Fair)
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  • Ranchers' Day 2022 at the Modoc District Fair in Cedarviile, California. Photo by Preston Merchant (archive.prestonmerchant.com)
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  • Ranchers' Day at the fair | Cedarville | Modoc County (Modoc District Fair)
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  • San Rafael | Marin County Fair
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  • San Rafael | Marin County Fair
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  • Pomona | Los Angeles County Fair
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  • Six-year-old Andrea Flores, from Texas, performs in the traveling Great American Wild West Show with her older siblings and father, Francisco, who is a champion charro in Mexico’s rodeo tradition | Pomona | Los Angeles County Fair
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  • "Rebel without s Cause" | Pomona | Los Angeles County Fair
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  • Pomona | Los Angeles County Fair
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  • Bakersfield | Kern County Fair
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  • Twelve-year-old trick rider Wacey Schalla travels and performs with the Great American Wild West Show | Pomona | Los Angeles County Fair
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  • Livestock auction | Imperial | Imperial County Fair (California Midwinter Fair & Festival)
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  • Lining up for dirt track racing | Imperial | Imperial County (California Midwinter Fair & Festival)
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  • Bakersfield | Kern County Fair
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  • Skaters from Undead Roller Derby relax with friends and family after a bout | Antioch | Contra Costa County Fair
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  • Skaters from Undead Roller Derby compete in a bout | Antioch | Contra Costa County Fair
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  • Calaveras Rodeo Queens Morgan Fautt (2022) and Sienna Sage Grant (2023) and First Princess Gabby Martinez (2023) | Angels Camp | Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee
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  • Two girls compete in the frog jump competition | Angels Camp | Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee
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  • Ann Mazzaferro, Emma Darmstead, and Zie Harmon of the musical trio AmaZE | Angels Camp | Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee
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  • "Fuck Biden and Fuck You for Voting for Him!" | Angels Camp | Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee
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  • Traditional Indian dancers | Pleasanton | Alameda County Fair
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  • Gridley | Butte County Fair
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  • Gridley | Butte County Fair
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