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Hartville Flea Market: Just browsing

From porcelain poodles to frogs of any kind, customers could find just about anything they were looking for at the Hartville Flea Market.

Despite inclement weather, customers flockes to the fleamarket to sift through merchants' wares for the perfect purchase.

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Labor Day attendance was estimated at 25,000 (customers and merchants combined), up from the usual 12,000-20,000 at the market on a regular Monday, according to the Hartville Flea Market and the Chamber of Commerce. (Bridget Commisso/Daily Kent Stater)

Four-year-old Johnny Holmes of Cleveland catches a nap in his wagon while his mother Lynn (left) and her sister Bonnie ponder buying a washtub. (Greg Ruffing/Daily Kent Stater)

John and Betty Mesko of Akron (backs to camera) tend to customers browsing their collection of antiques. (Greg Ruffing/ Daily Kent Stater)


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