The Fresno Fair
Subtitle: As Seen Through The Lens Of Claude C. Pop Laval (Windows on the Past)
Publisher: Word Dancer Press
Published: October 20, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9781884995484
Subjects: Fairs; Photograph collections; General; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General; Photography; Social life and customs; 1882-1966; Individual Photographer; Art & Art Instruction; Fresno (Calif.); Photo Techniques; Pictorial works; Fresno; Customs & Traditions; United States - State & Local - General; History; Laval, Claude C.,; California
First sentence: The central San Joaquin Valley was a budding agricultural giant in 1882, when a group of Fresno businessmen, growers, and ranchers met to form the Fresno Fair Ground Association.
Description: The first Fresno Fair opened in 1883 with five days of horse racing, a live stock exhibit, and a few small produce stalls. Modest as it was, it was a huge success; only five years later, a grandstand was added to the fairgrounds. Agriculture, industrial, and commerce exhibit halls followed in the early 1900s. A wooden race track was built in 1920. Claude C. "Pop" Laval's camera lens missed little of the excitement of the early fairs. Many of his magnificent photographs are available in print for the first time in this book. Each is literally a snapshot in time, revealing the historical richness of our Valley's great community event. Proceeds from the sale of each book benefit the restoration project of the Claude C. "Pop" Laval Photographic Collection. Your purchase of a piece of "Pop's" treasure will help ensure that future generations can enjoy seeing the Valley as "Pop" saw it, through the "Windows on the Past."