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u.Fair To Show NotedDisplay of IWiniaiuresA tiiny world of people and animals, many of them in motion and all. carved .by hand is coming to the TiTQounty •fair at AUamont, Aug1- 20 to Sept. 3..The unique exhibit, .valued by its owners at $30.0,000, comprises the 3ife-tiome carvings of Moise Potv.in, 0^renchJCanadian voilin maker* whose “whittling”' with pocket knife created the /world, famous . miniatures;“The Village Blacksmith” with many characters is complete .to the smallest detail. “Home Sweet Home” was three and a half years in the making It is the most valuable of all the works,“A Little Bit of Ireland,” “The 0 Chase,” “Sampson .and the Lion,” “ORoosevelt and His. Cabinet,” “Story Without Words,” “Face on -the -Barroom Floor ” ‘'.Ohe piece Bathing Suit,” , “'Stampede ,of - Texas Longhorns,” The Lord's Supper,” andothers are included 'in the animated exhibits so carefully done that pictures hahd«pain;ted in oil hang on. the walls of the rooms. The miniature world will be open to all visitors, to the Tri-County fair at Altamont, along, with the largest collect ion. of agricultural displays ever shown by the combined Albany, Schenectady and -Greene County Agricultural Societies, *: o — -
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Altamont Enterprise
Altamont, New York, US
Fri, Aug 19, 1949
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