Tag: fair

Let Your Fingers Do the Walking — Phone Book Mod

by Lynne Rostochil One of my favorite research resources is a 1964 phone book I found at a garage sale several years ago for a quarter, and I swear, I spend more hours looking through the great ads in the back of this now-battered slice of life from the mid 60’s than I do poring […]

The Oklahoma State Fair Goes Modern

by Lynne Rostochil.  Modern day photos by Lynne Rostochil.  Vintage photos courtesy of the Oklahoma State Fair and the OPUBCO collection at the Oklahoma History Center. This blog was originally posted in 2012.  Over the years, I’ve found more photos and history about the fair and updated the post with that data in 2018. It’s […]