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Author : Phil Stong
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780854681877
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (818 download)
Download or read book State Fair written by Phil Stong and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kathryn Strand Koutsky
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Minnesota State Fair written by Kathryn Strand Koutsky and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enhanced by more than twelve hundred photographs, a history of the Minnesota State Fair includes recipes from 4-H groups, food stands, and blue ribbon-winning contestants.
Author : Chris Rasmussen
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1609383575
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Carnival in the Countryside written by Chris Rasmussen and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2015-08-15 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than a century and a half after its founding, the Iowa State Fair is the state's central institution, event, and symbol. During its annual run each August, the fair attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors who make the pilgrimage to the fairground to see the iconic butter cow, to ride the Old Mill, to walk through the livestock barns, and to people-watch. At the same time that they enjoy fried candy bars and roller coasters, Iowans also compete to raise the best corn and zucchinis, to make the best jams and jellies, to rear the finest sheep and goats, the largest cattle and hogs, and the handsomest horses. This tension between entertainment and agriculture goes back all the way to the fair's founding in the mid-1800s, as historian Chris Rasmussen shows in this thought-provoking history. The fair's founders had lofty aims: they sought to improve agriculture and foster a distinctively democratic American civilization. But from the start these noble intentions jostled up against people's desire to have fun and make money, honestly or otherwise--not least because the fair had to pay for itself. In short, the Iowa State Fair has as much to tell us about human nature and American history as it does about growing corn.
Author : Dan Yaccarino
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0385753276
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (857 download)
Download or read book Billy and Goat at the State Fair written by Dan Yaccarino and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two best friends visit the state fair in this tale of courage and corn dogs! Billy and Goat are best friends, but they have different styles. Billy likes to smell the roses—Goat likes to eat them! So it’s no surprise that they have different ideas of how to enjoy the state fair. For Billy, the crowds and the noise are pretty intimidating. He’s happy to wait in the livestock pens until the best-goat contest begins. But Goat’s not one to sit when he could run. Faster than you can say butter sculpture, Goat’s out of the pen and leading Billy on a merry chase past rides, games, contests, and exhibits. When Billy finally catches up to him—on the biggest float of the parade!—he’s relieved, but also amazed. The fair is awesome! They may have missed Goat’s chance to win best in show, but for Billy it’s never been more clear—his best friend is the best goat ever!
Author : Carson Hendricks
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738580890
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (88 download)
Download or read book California State Fair written by Carson Hendricks and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting in San Francisco in 1854, the California State Fair and Exposition began as a vehicle to showcase, encourage, and expand California's agricultural industry. It quickly became an attraction for thousands of residents, both local and from across the state. By 1884, it occupied the largest exhibit hall in the United States. Within 100 years, it became the largest fair in the country by adding horse racing, elaborate exhibits from every county in the state and from around the world, thrill rides, top-flight entertainment, and, of course, the best food. The original goal of the fair was met some 50 years ago, as California remains the nation's top producer of agricultural products.
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Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 9780873516150
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (161 download)
Download or read book State Fair written by and published by Minnesota Historical Society. This book was released on 2008 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fresh, often humorous photographs that will invite smiles, chuckles, and favorite memories of a treasured Minnesota experience--the end of summer celebration of farms, friends, food, and fireworks.
Author : Thomas Leslie
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 13 : 9781568985688
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (856 download)
Download or read book Iowa State Fair written by Thomas Leslie and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2007-07-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 150 years old and still going strong, the Iowa State Fair is an American institution that wasrecently selected by bestselling author Patricia Schultz as one of the 1000 Places to See Before You Die. Once an opportunity for country folk to come to town, experience the community of fellow farmers, and show off the fruits of their labor, today the fair attracts more than one million attendees from urban, suburban, and rural locales. They are all longing for an authentic American experience, a celebration of the abundance of our land, and the talents of our people. Iowa State Fair isthe first comprehensive history of this extraordinary confluence of cows and corn dogs, midwestern culture, and classic Americana. Iowa State Fair samples every flavor at the fair, from the fairy tale State Fair of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical to the surreal site of staged locomotive collisions to Norma Duffield Lyons 2000 pound butter sculpture of The Last Supper. Beauty-queen contestants, fans of Kid Rock and Kenny Chesney, 30,000 annual blue ribbon winners, and deep fried Twinkie eaters fill itspages with visual delight. Author Thomas Leslie brings the fair to life, recounting its fascinating background and noting why today it is more popular than ever. Like the fair itself, this book celebrates the state's agricultural heritage and provides a heartwarming portrait of an event that is, quite literally, as American as apple pie. Iowa State Fair will please the fairgoer in all of us. Last year's 1,013,063 attendees can't be wrong.
Author : John H. Stetson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780996567459
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (674 download)
Download or read book The Life and Times of the Great Danbury State Fair written by John H. Stetson and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Western Connecticut consists of a rich mixture of culture, history, sport, ingenuity and agriculture--and the Danbury Fair drank deeply from its roots. While it started as a place for farmers and horsemen to share their respective arts, it grew to become so much more.The unique influence of John W. Leahy, the last owner and general manager of the Fair, saw the addition of extraordinary displays, stunning performances, musicals, thrill shows, rides and races, while still remaining true to its agricultural heritage.Leahy's veneration for P.T. Barnum and his desire to keep up with the changing times led him to enthusiastically try new things, some successfully and others not quite so.You will be captivated by his story and that of the Fair, shared here in both words and pictures by those who knew him best.
Author : Andrea Zimmermann
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 162585501X
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)
Download or read book The Great Danbury State Fair written by Andrea Zimmermann and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first Danbury Fair was held under a borrowed tent in 1869. Over the next 112 years, the fair expanded to a ten-day event, earning a national reputation for its themed villages, giant figures, grandstand shows and wildly popular stock car races. The twelve formal venues for music and entertainment on the fairground included the World of Mirth Theater and the Orange Bowl Stadium. Under the management of oil magnate John W. Leahy, the fair retained its great hometown appeal as city dwellers flocked to the fair by the thousands. Venture back to the autumn days of zany ostrich races and Zembruski's polka music with Andrea Zimmermann as she explores the beloved bygone tradition of the Great Danbury State Fair.
Author : Steven Robert Heine
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439634394
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)
Download or read book The Oregon State Fair written by Steven Robert Heine and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007-08-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the first Oregon State Fair was held on four acres along the Clackamas River in the Gladstone/Oregon City area in 1861, the fair has been the focal point of Oregon culture—a place to see and be seen and to compete against the best in the state. It has been a place of victory and a place of discovery for nearly 150 years. For many generations of Oregonians, the fair was a chance for families and friends to reunite and share the excitement of this grand, uniquely Oregon event. Today the fair’s popularity continues and, for 12 days each year, transforms the fairgrounds in Salem into the fifth largest city in the state.
Author : Melton Alonza McLaurin
Publisher : North Carolina Division of Archives & History
ISBN 13 : 9780865263079
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (63 download)
Download or read book The North Carolina State Fair written by Melton Alonza McLaurin and published by North Carolina Division of Archives & History. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an annual attendance of 800,000, the North Carolina State Fair is the state's largest event and is the largest ten-day agricultural fair in the United States. Published jointly with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, this volume is the most comprehensive account of the people, politics, and events that have shaped the annual autumn event. Over three hundred photographs, many in full color, vividly portray the fair's history.
Author : Debra Frasier
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416998179
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (169 download)
Download or read book A Fabulous Fair Alphabet written by Debra Frasier and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-22 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Letters of the alphabet in various graphic styles accompany words associated with fairs.
Author : Amanda Bretz
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738584232
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (842 download)
Download or read book Tulsa State Fair written by Amanda Bretz and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tulsa State Fair is the city's largest family event, providing educational experiences and entertainment for over 800,000 visitors during an 11-day span. Annually held the fourth Thursday after Labor Day, this historical event is based upon heritage, family values, and quality entertainment for all ages. It was first organized in 1903 as the "Tulsa County Free Fair" and developed into the Tulsa State Fair of today. With the goal of providing an educational and entertaining experience to the community, it has over 100 years of history and continues to stand out as one of the premier fairs in the country.
Author : Catherine Hanley
Publisher : Smithmark Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780831703103
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Blue Ribbon Winners written by Catherine Hanley and published by Smithmark Pub. This book was released on 1993 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of delicious recipes features the best of American cuisine from the prize-winning cooks of the nation's state fairs and includes a listing of blue ribbon winners, a metric measurement conversion chart, and much more.
Author : John Minnis
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738577890
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (778 download)
Download or read book Michigan State Fair written by John Minnis and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First held in 1849 in Detroit, the location of the Michigan State Fair rotated in the early years between Detroit, Ann Arbor, Kalamazoo, Adrian, Jackson, Grand Rapids, East Saginaw, Lansing, and Pontiac before settling permanently in Detroit. When Detroit department store magnate Joseph L. Hudson sold 135 acres of Woodward Avenue farmland to the Michigan State Agricultural Society in 1905 for $1, the permanent home of the Michigan State Fair was established. On February 12, 2009, Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm signed an executive order effectively ending a 160-year tradition--the Michigan State Fair.
Author : Robert W. Rydell
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
ISBN 13 : 1588343421
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)
Download or read book Fair America written by Robert W. Rydell and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since their inception with New York's Crystal Palace Exhibition in the mid-nineteenth century, world's fairs have introduced Americans to “exotic” pleasures such as belly dancing and the Ferris Wheel; pathbreaking technologies such as telephones and X rays; and futuristic architectural, landscaping, and transportation schemes. Billed by their promoters as “encyclopedias of civilization,” the expositions impressed tens of millions of fairgoers with model environments and utopian visions. Setting more than 30 world’s fairs from 1853 to 1984 in their historical context, the authors show that the expositions reflected and influenced not only the ideals but also the cultural tensions of their times. As mainstays rather than mere ornaments of American life, world’s fairs created national support for such issues as the social reunification of North and South after the Civil War, U.S. imperial expansion at the turn of the 20th-century, consumer optimism during the Great Depression, and the essential unity of humankind in a nuclear age.
Author : Thomas C. Percy
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467112224
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)
Download or read book Kansas State Fair written by Thomas C. Percy and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rich history of the Kansas State Fair comes to life through photographs from the 1860s to the present.
