Upper Peninsula State Fair : records, 1928-1991.

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Upper Peninsula State Fair : records, 1928-1991.

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RG 91-432 contains records relating to the Upper Peninsula State Fair . Includes: press releases and clippings (1973-1979); publications (1928-1991), including Ladies' day cookbooks (1979-1991); reports (1960-1987), including annual, audit and statistical reports.

7 mss. boxes (3.5 cu. ft.)

State Archive of Michigan

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The Upper Peninsula State Fair was established in Escanaba by Public Act 89 of 1927 for the purpose of "... exploiting and encouragement of improved methods in agriculture and industrial pursuits ..." Support for the event resulted in large part from the difference between the upper and lower peninsulas (for example, the agricultural conditions, natural resources, and industry) as well as from the geographical distances to the Michigan State Fair in Detroit which discouraged both attendance and ...