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Friday, September 11, 2009

The County Fair, Part 2

A short selection of pictures from the Horticulture displays at the Sandwich Fair yesterday. More pictures to come when I get them edited. There's plenty to see at the fair besides horticulture: rabbits, chickens, cows, needlework, baking, canning, and antique engines to name just a few.

Above is the "new" Horticulture Building (did you notice the very tall sunflowers at the entrance?). The "old" Horticulture Building was shown in the previous post. The following description of the "old" Horticulture Building is from The Sandwich Fair, Since 1888, published in 2001 by The Sandwich Fair Association, Inc., Sandwich, Illinois.

When Floral Hall was replaced in 1905, it was recognized that provision of separate areas for different types of displays would be beneficial, so $2,000 was expended for a building specifically dedicated to horticulture and agricultural products.

This original Horticulture building was an octagonal structure forty-eight feet in diameter. It housed exhibits of fruits, vegetables, grains, floral arrangements, baked goods and needlework. Having a hall specifically dedicated to horticulture has contributed further confusion to the potpourri of building names. In the minds of some, it properly became Floral Hall since it now housed the flowers. A large addition was added to this building in 1915.

In 1931, leaf burning was cited as the cause of a fire that destroyed the hall. Firemen quickly arrived on the scene, and they thought they had the smoldering fire under control; however, the tinder-dry frame structure suddenly burst into flames. The firemen's efforts were turned to saving nearby buildings.

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