Ticket to the Past: The Past 25 Years of the Missouri State Fair

• Ticket to the Past: The First 25 Years of the Missouri State Fair
• The Missouri State Fair Begins
• The Fair Grounds
• All Roads Lead to the Fair
• Fair Attractions in the Air
• Fair Attractions on the Stage
• Profitable Fun For All Who Come
• The Fair in Wartime
• Agriculture at the Fair
• Fair Attractions on the Track
• Missouri Centennial
• Silver Anniversary
• Curriculum

Silver Anniversary

“A quarter of a century old and still growing,” The Silver Anniversary celebration of Missouri's State Fair was the largest to date, with production expenditures totaling $100,000 above normal operating expenses. The “J. George Laos Shows on the Joy Zone” arrived in twenty-five railroad cars. Baseball had been added to the entertainment, as had passenger carrying airplaine fights. The Fair presented the largest assembly of farm machinery in its history and ended with a grand parade of all livestock, automobiles, and farm machinery displayed during the Fair. The Silver Anniversary proved to be the Fair's zenith, setting new records for numbers of exhibits and amusements, an attendance of 240,000 people, and receipts $13,000 above the previous year's.