MG-146   The Farmers' Fair Collection, 1888-1973

1 box    11 folders    .5 cubic ft.

Description: Of primary interest are premium list books from the Lancaster Fair. The books contain entry categories and prizes offered for winners, general rules and regulations, many advertisements, and photographs of the fairgrounds and acts performing at some of the fairs. There are also Fair Association stock certificates and pamphlets, exhibit entry blanks, promotional fliers, and premium lists from other fairs.

 

Folder 1   Premium Lists—Lancaster Fair

Premium list, Farmers’ Lancaster County Agricultural Fair at Lancaster. September 17-22, 1888. Entry categories and prizes, many advertisements. Printed by The New Era Steam Book Print, Lancaster.

Premium list, Farmers’ Lancaster County Agricultural Fair at Lancaster. September 9-14, 1889. Entry categories and prizes, many advertisements. Printed by The New Era Steam Book Print., Lancaster.

Insert 1   Items from the 1889 premium book: Premium card for horse speed trials, Lancaster Fair Association, 1889; Flier for the Lancaster County Fair advertising attractions, (poor condition, incomplete. Please use photocopy.)

Insert 2   Premium list, Grand Fair at Lancaster. September 9-12, 1890. Entry categories and prizes. Printed by Lancaster Intelligencer Printing.\

 

Folder 2   Premium Lists—Lancaster Fair

Premium list, Great Lancaster Fair at Lancaster. October 12-15, 1909. 80 pages. Entry categories and prizes, many advertisements. Printed by Herald Printing Co., Mount Joy. (copy 1).

Premium list of the Great Lancaster Fair at Lancaster. September 27-30, 1910. 126 pages. Entry categories and prizes and some advertisements. Airship photograph on cover, printed by the Commercial Printing House, Lancaster. (copy 1)

Insert 1   1909 Lancaster Fair entry form (copy 1).

Insert 2   1909 Lancaster Fair premium list (copy 2); 1909 Lancaster Fair entry form (copy 2).

Insert 3   1910 Lancaster Fair entry blank. (copy 1)

Insert 4   1910 Lancaster Fair premium list (copy 2); 1910 Lancaster Fair Entry Blank (copy 2)  

 

Folder 3   Premium Lists—Lancaster Fair

Premium list, Great Lancaster Fair, Lancaster. September 26-29, 1911. 138 pages. Entry categories and prizes, some advertisements.   Photographs of grandstand, exhibition building, airplane, and fair crowd scene. Printed by the Commercial Printing House, Lancaster.

Premium list, The Great Lancaster Fair, Lancaster. October 1-4, 1912. 132 pages. Entry categories and prizes, many advertisements.

Insert 1   1911 Lancaster Fair entry blank.

 

Folder 4   Premium Lists—Lancaster Fair

Premium, rules, and regulations of the 5th Annual Great Lancaster Fair, Lancaster. September 30 and October 1-3, 1913. 128 pages. Entry categories and prizes, many advertisements. Printed by the New Era Printing Co.     

Premium list, rules, and regulations of the 6th Annual Lancaster Fair, Lancaster. September 29-30 and October 1-2, 1914. 112 pages. Entry categories and prizes, many advertisements.

Premium list, rules, and regulations for the Eighth Annual Lancaster Fair, Lancaster. September 26-29, 1916. 112 pages. Entry categories and prizes, many advertisements. Printed by the Conestoga Publishing Company, Lancaster.

Insert 1   1914 Lancaster Fair entry blank.

Insert 2   1916 Lancaster Fair entry blank.  

 

Folder 5   Premium Lists—Lancaster Fair

Premium list of the Lancaster Fair, Lancaster. September 30 and October 1-3, 1919. 96 pages. Entry categories and prizes. Many advertisements.

Premium list of the Lancaster Fair, Lancaster. September 28-30 and October 1, 1920. 96 pages. Entry categories and prizes. Many advertisements. Printed by Conestoga Publishing Company, Lancaster.

Premium list of the Lancaster Fair, Lancaster. September 27-30, 1921. 96 pages. Entry categories and prizes, many advertisements. Some photographs of fair acts. Printed by Commercial Printing House, Lancaster.

Premium list of the Lancaster Fair, Lancaster. September 26-30, 1922. 96 pages. Entry categories and prizes, many advertisements. Some photographs of fair acts. Printed by Conestoga Publishing Company, Lancaster.

Insert 1   1919 Lancaster Fair entry blank.

Insert 2   1920 Lancaster Fair entry blank.

Insert 3   1921 Lancaster Fair entry blank.

Insert 4   1922 Lancaster Fair entry blank.  

 

Folder 6   Premium Lists—Lancaster Fair

Premium list for the Lancaster Fair, Lancaster. September 25-28, 1923. Entry categories and prizes, many advertisements. Some photographs of fair acts.

Premium list for the Lancaster Fair, Lancaster. September 30 and October 1-3, 1924. Entry categories and prizes, many advertisements. Some photographs of fair acts.

Premium list for the Lancaster Fair, Lancaster. September 29-30 and October 1-3, 1925. Entry categories and prizes, many advertisements. Some photographs of fair acts. Conestoga Publishing Co., Inc., Lancaster.

Premium list for the Lancaster Fair, Lancaster. August 24-28, 1926. Entry categories and prizes, many advertisements. Some photographs of fair acts.

Insert 1   1924 Lancaster Fair entry blank.

Insert 2   1925 Lancaster Fair entry blank.

Insert 3   1926 Lancaster Fair entry blank.

 

Folder 7   Premium Lists—New Holland and Southern Lancaster County            

Premium list and program for the New Holland Farmers’ Fair. September 30 and October 1-3, 1959. 128 pages. Entry categories and prizes, many advertisements, some photographs.

Premium list and program for the 24th Southern Lancaster County Community Fair, Quarryville. September 19-21, 1973. 184 pages. Entry categories and prizes, many advertisements, lists of supporters.

Insert 1   Ticket for the Black Barren Fair. September 9, 1921.

 

Folder 8

Insert 1   Flier promoting daily aeroplane flights at the Lancaster Fair, September 26-29, 1911. Illustration of airplanes in flight over fairgrounds.

Insert 2   Capital Stock Certificate issued by the Lancaster County Agricultural Fair Assoc. to J. D. Hostetter. Dated April 29, 1912. Signed by J. F. Seldomridge, Secretary, and Allan A. Herr, Vice-President. 

Capital Stock Certificate issued by the Lancaster County Agricultural Fair Association to J. D. Hostetter. Dated March 28, 1913. Signed by J. F. Seldomridge, Secretary, and Allan A. Herr, Vice-President. 

Proxy form for the annual meeting of stockholders of the Lancaster County Agricultural Fair Association. 192_. 

Insert 3   Flier advertising Lancaster Fair advanced ticket sales, closing date September 16, 1922.   Sale conducted by Raysold Sales Co., 36-38 N. Mary St., Lancaster.

 

Folder 9   Scrapbook for the Lancaster Fair, 1909-1916

Fliers, tickets, permits, letters to teachers, photograph, tags, and entry blanks for 1909-1911. Auditors report and letter to stockholders for 1916.

 

Folder 10   Independent State Fair Journal

Devoted to the Lancaster Fair, September 17-21, [1883]. (Original in poor condition, please use photocopy)

 

Folder 11   Pamphlets, Pass, and Program

Insert 1   Pamphlets for the Lancaster County Agricultural Fair Association. No date.

Insert 2   Complimentary pass for the Great Lancaster Fair. 1910.

Insert 3   Official program for the Lancaster Fair. September 27-30, 1910. Schedule of horse races, map of track, and many advertisements.