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State fair

Author: Arthur Grace
Publisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2006.
Series: Focus on American history series.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : English : 1st ed
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"State Fair is a visual distillation of Arthur Grace's photographic essay through fairs in ten states - California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia. Time and again, regardless of geographical location, Grace's images capture the strange mixture of the traditional, the kitsch, and the off-the-wall that is unique to these annual gatherings, which began as a  Read more...
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Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Arthur Grace
ISBN: 0292712871 9780292712874
OCLC Number: 62090760
Description: 127 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Acknowledgements Introduction State Fair
Series Title: Focus on American history series.
Responsibility: Arthur Grace.
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From prize-winning pigs to corn dog-eating contests, from beauty queens to marching bands, from gravity-defying midway rides to miracle machines for back pain, state fairs are a mother lode of pure  Read more...

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schema:reviewBody""State Fair is a visual distillation of Arthur Grace's photographic essay through fairs in ten states - California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia. Time and again, regardless of geographical location, Grace's images capture the strange mixture of the traditional, the kitsch, and the off-the-wall that is unique to these annual gatherings, which began as a celebration of rural American life and have evolved into super-sized extravaganzas. Whether the photographs show the beaming pride of 4-H egg champions, the intensity of a tattooed arm wrestler, or a forlorn alligator waiting to be "wrestled" in a wading pool, the authenticity of Grace's imagery is unmistakable."--BOOK JACKET."
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