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    <unittitle>Rockbridge County Fair Collection</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <corpname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Rockbridge County Fair Association</corpname>
    </origination>
    <origination label="source">
      <persname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Orchard, Alexander</persname>
    </origination>
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    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 Volumes</extent>
    </physdesc>
    <unitdate calendar="gregorian" datechar="creation" era="ce" normal="1921/1921">1921</unitdate>
    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>This collection contains a <i>List of Premiums, Rules, and Regulations booklet</i> for the first annual Rockbridge County Fair, which took place in Lexington, Virginia on September 20-23, 1921.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>Gift of Alexander Orchard.</p>  </acqinfo>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Use</head>
<p>The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law.  The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.  Any materials used should be fully credited with the source.  Permission for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the Head of Special Collections.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Rockbridge County Fair Collection, WLU Coll. 0517, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VAIn some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections' staff to verify the appropriate format.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <subject source="fast">Agricultural exhibitions</subject>
    <geogname source="fast">Virginia -- Rockbridge County</geogname>
    <subject source="fast">Printed ephemera</subject>
    <persname role="fmo" rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Orchard, Alexander</persname>
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