Download or read book Missouri State Fair written by Rhonda Chalfant and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Missouri State Fair has represented the best of Missouri's agriculture and industry since its commencement in 1901. Developed during the Progressive Era, a time of social reform, its early exhibits reflected an interest in scientific agriculture as a means of improving rural life. School exhibits highlighted new attitudes about teaching. In 1921, Missouri celebrated its centennial at the state fair. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the fair encouraged good nutrition and medical care through its healthy baby contests. During World Wars I and II, it promoted patriotism with parades of military recruits. The grounds, originally 160 acres with 19 buildings, are now 396 acres with 124 buildings reflecting changing architectural styles.
Download or read book The Missouri State Fair written by Richard Gaskell and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than a century, state fairs have been one of the few places where farm families gather in large numbers to proudly display their animals, to celebrate familiar rituals, to be entertained or horrified by freak shows and circus performers, and to discover the wonders of new technologies. With over one hundred compelling images and a fascinating introduction, The Missouri State Fair provides a poignant look at that world--a world that has nearly disappeared from rural America. Richard Gaskell first visited the Missouri State Fair in 1968 while serving as a VISTA volunteer in Boonville, Missouri. Completely captivated, he vowed to return to the fair and photograph the people and events associated with it. Although it was not until 1986 that he was able to keep that promise, he has made the long trip from New England to Missouri every year since then to photograph sights that can be found only at the state fair, capturing dramatic images that say more than any written words could. In his introductory essay, Gaskell describes the fair's heritage--both historically and through interviews with the fair's contemporary participants. He also offers a personal reflection on the importance of the Missouri State Fair and its significance to the thousands of participants who have been attending year after year. His compelling and vivid images range from taut-muscled draft horses straining against their harnesses to belly dancers; from six year olds lost in thought with arms around their prizewinning sheep to the leathery faces of old-timers, keen-eyed yet wistful. In the expressions of the boys and girls and men and women who show their animals, Gaskell has masterfully captured all the promise, hope, and uncertainty that comes with participating in the diverse events at the Missouri State Fair. An air of innocence and freshness can be found in the faces of the children, while many of the adult faces reflect both the struggles and the gentleness associated with farm people. The Missouri State Fair chronicles more than a decade in the life of a historic American tradition. Through his evocative and compassionate portraits, Richard Gaskell provides a link between the state's rural past and its present, paying tribute to farmers and their animals--the real life and breath of a state fair's existence.
Download or read book The Missouri State Fair August 19 29 1995 Sedalia MO written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schedule of events for 1993 Missouri State Fair.
Download or read book Nowhere But the Fair written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schedule of events for 1995 Missouri State Fair.
Download or read book Greetings from the Missouri State Fair and Other Misadventures written by Mark Cunningham and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-04-25 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you a fan of Black Friday shopping? I'm not, but that didn't stop my wife from taking me with her on a journey with all the pushing, shoving, biting, screaming and kicking of the post-Thanksgiving rush. How about the Missouri State Fair? No time? Too far away? Too hot and humid? We will journey to the fair from the comfort of your home. Take in the sights and sounds of not only attending the fair, but partaking in it. There will be a little of everything: the attack of the giant wienie, sneaky underwear, memories of playing in pig dirt, and racing barrels... or is that barrel racing? We'll roll our trailer... clean over the guard rail, enter our roosters, Cocky-did-a-do-do and Breaking Wind, in the rooster crowing contest, and learn if there is such thing as chicken Viagra. We can go trout fishing at a state park. Who fell in? Do fish like minnows better if they are kept warm in your mouth? One thing is certain, we will have fun.
Download or read book Preliminary Announcement Missouri State Fair Sedalia written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Fair to be held at Sedalia, Mo., September 9-13th, 1901, is the first annual exhibition since the establishment of the institution by an act of the 40th General Assembly.
Download or read book A History of the Missouri State Fair written by Missouri State Fair and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Review of the Missouri State Fair written by Missouri. State Auditor and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Missouri State Fair has been in operation since 1901, with the exception of 1943 and 1944.
Download or read book Nowhere But the Fair the Missouri State Fair Sedalia August 18 28 written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fair judging schedule for the 1994 Missouri State Fair.
Download or read book Missouri State Fair written by C. H. Eckels and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Once Upon a Time at the Missouri State Fair written by Dianne Peck and published by . This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2002 marks the 100 year anniversary of the Missouri State Fair. This book talks about the Fair from its humble beginnings to current events and sights. Full appreciation of how far we have come will hopefully be demonstrated by this book. It is not an in depth history but a condensed version, told in what I hope is a simple style with much nostalgia in the many pictures.
Download or read book No where But the Fair written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schedule of events for 1994 Missouri State Fair.
Download or read book Show Me the Fair written by Rhonda Chalfant and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Missouri State Fair August 17 27 Sedalia written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fair judging schedule for the 1995 Missouri State Fair.
Download or read book Missouri State Fair Sedalia Missouri written by Missouri. State Auditor and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Missouri State Fair is held annually in Sedalia, Missouri. The purpose is to encourage the development of the agricultural, horticultural, mechanical, mineral, stock raising and all other industrial interests of the State of Missouri.
Download or read book Big Fair Big Fun written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schedule of events for 1993 Missouri State Fair.
Download or read book Missouri s Best written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schedule of events and entertainers for 1985 Missouri State Fair.
