Winter Family Concessions has been a mainstay at the fair for 48 years. “It all started with Mother and Daddy just trying to get some cash to go to Las Vegas, and here we are, almost 50 years ...

A photo from the early 1990s at the State Fair of Texas of Denise Garza de la Cruz, daughter of Benilde Garza, who first opened the Garza family food booth, at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas ...

The Iowa State Fair Blue Ribbon Foundation hosted its third annual T-shirt design contest — and the winner is in. More: Train crashes, buying an elephant and other crazy stunts the Iowa State ...

The one on the right is an unofficial one from the 1962 World's Fair in Seattle and depicts the Space Needle and Pacific Science center, valued between $600 and $900.

Competitive events for kids and adults kept people coming back every year. Whether it was livestock, cooking or sewing ...