These images from various
photographers were collected by Ken Allen, a former board member.
Clicking on each image will open a larger version in a new window.
These images may not be reproduced in any way without the permission
of the fair.
Poster
promoting the 1903 fair.
Poster
from the 1909 fair.
Peter
M'Kinney, World Champion 4 year old, in 1929. Driver and
trainer was Arlie Frost.
Beginning
in 1947, Fred T. Burgy served on the Green County Fair
Board longer than any other person. He held the office
of President for 14 years and was Vice President for 18
years adding up to 32 years.
Alfred
Meier, Sr. and Alfred Meier, Jr. leading the livestock
parade in an early fair of the 1950s.
Machinery
show from an early 1950s fair.
Mickey
Stark Carnival from an early 1950s fair.
6
horse hitch from an early 1950s fair. Parker L. Taft of
Freeport, IL
National
Guard Color Guard and the Monroe High School Band in parade
during the early 1950s. This grandstand was destroyed
in September of 1972.
Old
Speed barns that were burned in 1986 to make room for
building 10.
Main
road through the fairgrounds as it appeared in the mid-50s.
The large elms have since been removed because of Dutch
Elm Disease.
With
his first term being in 1958, O.L. Hare served on the
Green County Fair Board for 15 years; 8 years as President,
2 years as Vice President, and 5 years as a Director.
He was a harness race horse owner and a Quarter Horse
judge.
4-H
Chorus from the late 1950s. Florence Ladwig is Directing.
