The Iowa State Fair In Vintage Postcards (IA) (Postcard History Series) Download Free (EPUB, PDF)
Each August, the Iowa State Fairgrounds, home to America's quintessential state fair, becomes 400 acres of sights, sounds, and aromas. More than just a showcase for farm machinery, the fair has one of the world's largest livestock shows, hundreds of competitive events, first-class entertainment, and ever imaginable food-on-a-stick. The first Iowa State Fair, held in 1854 at Fairfield, drew 10,000 visitors, and attendance now tops one million each year. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it has been held at its present location in Des Moines since 1886. In the early 1900s, fairgoers could choose from a large selection of postcards, stick on a penny stamp, and mail them to friends to describe their blue ribbon, an exciting midway ride, or the great entertainment. Over 190 vintage postcards provide glimpses of the fair from the 1890s to the mid-1950s in The Iowa State Fair.
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing; First Edition edition (July 10, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0738540374
ISBN-13: 978-0738540375
Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 0.3 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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Pictures in the book are interesting, but some are so old and faded you can barely make out what the photo is supposed to be. My daughter was going to use this for a school project of Iowa, but because of the quality of the photos changed her mind.
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