Iowa State Fairgrounds
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Title
Iowa State Fairgrounds
Iowa State Fair Grounds
Description
The first Iowa State Fair held in Fairfield, Iowa Oct. 25-27, 1854. The fair moved between various cities before settling in Des Moines in 1879. Fairs were held in West Des Moines in an area known as Brown's Park until 1886, when the General Assembly bought 266 acres for the fairgrounds for $50,000. The fair has only been cancelled twice - in 1898 because of the World's Fair in Omaha and the Spanish-American War and in 1942 when the State Fair Board loaned its buildings to the Army Air Corp for a supply depot. The fairgorunds are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Source
Special Collections, Cowles Library -- Drake University.
Publisher
Chicago, Il. : Gravure Illustration Co.
Date
1914
2005/05/24
Rights
U.S. and International copyright laws protect this digital image. Commercial use or distribution of the image is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. For permission to use the digital image, please contact: bart.schmidt@drake.edu
Relation
Art Work of Des Moines -- Book Nine
Format
Photographic print, 4.5 x 7 in.
Type
Image
Identifier
v. 9, p. 2
dm0155
http://ddr.lib.drake.edu/u?/du-hdm,133
Coverage
3000 E. Grand Ave.