Blue Ribbon: A Social and Pictorial History of the State Fair

by Karal Ann Marling

Book Overview

More than 300 black-and-white illustrations vividly portray the fair and its many faces. Historic photographs show long-gone amusements-the wooden Cannon Ball roller coaster, an organ grinder and his monkey, reenactments of famous battles at the Grandstand-as well as early versions of fair scenes that know no era: crowds, traffic jams, trinket sellers, prize winners. Reproductions of advertisements, posters, ribbons, lapel pins, and newspaper cartoons...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873512529
• ISBN13: 9780873512527
• Release Date: June 1990
• Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
• Length: 337 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.1" x 10.9"