Amid the welter of amusement rides and sideshow attractions, food booths at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines have to be colorful to get fairgoers' attention

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First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors, is one of the oldest and largest agricultural and industrial expositions in the United States.
Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:103-1).
Forms part of the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.