Lorain County Fair Ad – August 20, 1973

On Monday I posted a full-page ad from the Journal promoting the 1963 edition of the Lorain County Fair. It was a fun ad, with cartoon illustrations of kooky clowns, a carnival barker, balloons and circus tents, all under some wacky headline type.

Fast forward ten years and we see the 1973 version of the ad, which ran in the Journal on August 20, 1973. 

The ad is pretty informative, with a schedule for each day of the Fair, as well as a listing of all of the ad sponsors. But unfortunately, it's too restrained, graphics-wise, for me. 

The daily, tall Fair ads in the Journal were a little bit better. Below is one of them, which ran in the paper on August 22, 1973. At least there's some animals in the ad, along with some kids that would be right at home in The Brady Bunch (the TV show, not my family).

Interestingly, the ads that year use 1855 as the Fair starting date, which corresponds with the first 'Wellington' fair, which for a time was separate from the actual Lorain County Fair. Current Lorain County Fair advertising uses the 1846 date, which was when the current Lorain County Agricultural Society was formed.

Anyway, I've posted a lot of Lorain County Fair ads over the year on this blog. Here are two of my favorites (below), from 1946 and 1951. Love dem cartoon critters and old-fashioned typography!