Charity bazaar
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This article is about the Victorian sales event. For the Histeria! character, see Histeria! § Characters.
A charity bazaar, or "fancy faire", was an innovative and controversial fundraising sale in the Victorian era. Hospitals frequently used charity bazaars to raise funds because of their effectiveness. Commercial bazaars grew less popular in the 19th century and were replaced by auctions, theaters, and dance halls. Charity bazaars remained popular throughout the 1800s.[1] Literary scholar Leslee Thorne-Murphy wrote that the charity bazaar was "perhaps the most quintessentially Victorian of all fundraising efforts."[2]: 886