Description: Poster advertising the Ohio State Fair, taking place August 31 through September 4, 1896. Notable events and highlights include horseless carriages, electric lights, band concerts, great floral shows and more. The Ohio State Fair is an annual exhibition that showcases Ohio farming and commercial products and achievements. The first fair was held in 1850, and after moving to various locations around the state for several decades, the event settled at its permanent location at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus in 1886. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04153
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Agriculture; Fairs
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Aerial view of the Ohio State Fairgrounds, 1854. The Ohio State Fair is an annual exhibition that showcases Ohio farming and commercial products and achievements. The first fair was held in 1850, and after moving to various locations around the state for several decades, the event settled at its permanent location at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus in 1886. From September 19 through 22, 1854, the fair was held at Newark's Great Circle Mound (now known as Moundbuilders Park). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04155
Subjects: Ohio State Fair (Newark, Ohio); Ohio Economy--Agriculture; Fairs; Mounds--Ohio--Licking County
Places: Newark (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Poster advertising the Ohio State Fair and Industrial Exhibition, August 29 through September 2, 1904. Highlighted on the poster are the trotting and pacing races and the livestock buildings. The Ohio State Fair is an annual exhibition that showcases Ohio farming and commercial products and achievements. The first fair was held in 1850, and after moving to various locations around the state for several decades, the event settled at its permanent location at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus in 1886. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04156
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Agriculture; Fairs; Livestock
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: “Warren County Fairgrounds at Lebanon, Ohio. 4-H Club Bldg. July 14, 1936.” This photo shows two workers setting up the 4-H Club Building for the 1936 Warren County Fair. The first fair was organized by the Warren County Agricultural Society and held September 1850 at Osborn Grove. The Society greatly welcomed the 4-H program and developed a Junior Fair that became an added plus for the organization. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F07_040_001
Subjects: Warren County (Ohio)--Pictorial works; County fairs
Places: Lebanon (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: “Warren County Fairgrounds at Lebanon, Ohio 3 New Horse Barns. July 14, 1936.” The first fair was organized by the Warren County Agricultural Society and held September 1850 at Osborn Grove. Warren County has been well-known for its feature of horses in the fair, including all-purpose horses, speed, roasters, draft, and thoroughbred events. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F07_039_001
Subjects: Warren County (Ohio)--Pictorial works; County fairs
Places: Lebanon (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio)
 

Description: Family at the Ohio State Fair posed with their "Champion Pen of 3 Wethers", 1955. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00790
Subjects: Ohio State Fair (Columbus, Ohio); Ohio Economy--Agriculture; Fairs; Livestock; Expositions and fairs;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Display of award winning canned goods at the Ohio State Fair, Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1992-1993. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01044
Subjects: Ohio State Fair (Columbus, Ohio); Ohio Economy--Agriculture; Fairs; Expositions and fairs;
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Quilt which won Best of Show at the Ohio State Fair, Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1992-1993. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01046
Subjects: Art and Artists; Ohio State Fair (Columbus, Ohio); Ohio Economy--Agriculture; Expositions and fairs;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio);
 

Description: Grandstand and race track at the Wyandot County Fair, with a crowd waiting in anticipation. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's department store, and later as a travelling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07778
Subjects: Popular Culture; Fairgrounds; Fairs; Photographers--Ohio; Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Art and Artists
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Old Dredge in back of fairground, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio." Dredges are used to remove debris from the bottom of rivers or other bodies of water in order for ships to be able to pass through. After lowering a dipper, which is suspended by a chain from a steel beam called a derrick, the derrick moves in a circular motion so that the dipper gathers up mud and dirt from the bottom of the river. The dipper is then lifted and rotated over a barge, where the contents of the scoop are deposited. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F06_023_1
Subjects: Dredging; County fairs; Canals--Ohio--Dayton
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Boy holding a rooster from his "Champion Pen of 2 Fryers and Roasters," 1958. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00791
Subjects: Ohio State Fair (Columbus, Ohio); Ohio Economy--Agriculture; Fairs; Livestock; Expositions and fairs;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Jill Snyder, Miss Wool 1968 - 1969, holding a bouquet of wool and a stuffed sheep at the Ohio State Fair. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00794
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Popular culture; Expositions and fairs; Agriculture; Rural life
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)