The hiring fairs that sent children out to work for £2 a month
For nearly 200 years, hiring fairs were a reality of life for many poor families. Children, some as young as nine, sent away ...
The New York Times6 年
FOUNDLING WON BABY PRIZE.; Little Waif Left on a Doorstep Prettiest Child at County Fair.
ITHACA, N.Y., Sept. 11. -- A foundling won first prize in the Baby Show of the Tompkins County Fair, which closed here yesterday. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...
National Geographic news1 年
At County Fairs, a Winning Animal Isn’t Everything
This story appears in the November 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. County fairs are a little like beauty pageants for animals. The way we selectively breed goats and sheep has shaped ...