Lorain County Fair 1964 – Part 1

Today we fast forward ten years from yesterday's post and take a look at the 1964 Lorain County Fair. Above is the full-page ad that ran in the Journal on August 22, 1964.

As usual, I love the clip-art used in the ad, especially of the family. Dad's got his suit and fedora on (I thought that JFK had made hats unpopular?) while Mom's wearing a stylish boater hat. And the sandwich-board-wearing stilt walker has a lit stogie with smoke wafting upwards.

In that same edition of the Journal, a photograph of the new main entrance gate of the Fairgrounds was featured.

The look of the Fairgrounds was slowly evolving into what we see out there today. The article below from the August 1, 1964 Journal revealed some of the new buildings, including new homes for the ponies and rabbits (a must-see during my visit to the Fair each year).

Tomorrow, I'll feature some of the entertainment from the 1964 Lorain County Fair.