Education & ProgrammingVirginia Authors “Will your stock or your children carry off prizes at the Fair…?” “Will your stock or your children carry off prizes at the Fair this fall, or will both?” This is the question asked in the 1923…Library of VirginiaFebruary 18, 2022
ArchivesNewspapers “Attractions and Amusements of Every Kind Will Be the Order of Things”: The History of the Virginia Colored State Fair In late October 1910, thanks to the efforts of some of Richmond’s most prominent Black leaders, the “Colored State Fair” was held at the Virginia…Kelley EwingOctober 1, 2021
Newspapers Rutherford Observed: A Presidential Visit to Richmond & the State Fair, Oct. 31, 1877 First, a pre-blog promotional announcement! The Library of Virginia has a booth of its own, 627 in the Farm Bureau Center building, at the Virginia…Henry MorseOctober 6, 2017
Manuscripts & Special Collections All’s Fair in… The smell of deep-fried pickles and cotton candy. The sounds of music and laughter. The sights of the midway. For well over a century and…Trenton HizerOctober 3, 2013