{"id":825,"date":"2012-09-04T07:00:32","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T12:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/?p=825"},"modified":"2012-09-04T04:40:51","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T09:40:51","slug":"a-vintage-state-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/?p=825","title":{"rendered":"A Vintage State Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As summer comes to an end, I thought we should close it out with a few nostalgic looks at the Minnesota State Fair ~ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mnstatefair.org\/general_info\/fair_history.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.mnstatefair.org\/general_info\/fair_history.html', 'a Labor Day weekend tradition for 153 years');\">a Labor Day weekend tradition for <span style=\"color: #800080;\">153 years<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #800080;\">!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0246.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-826\" title=\"ticket booth_Minnesota State Fair\" src=\"http:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0246.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0246.jpg 640w, https:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0246-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0250.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-827\" title=\"Minnesota State Fair_gopher mascot\" src=\"http:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0250.jpg 427w, https:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0250-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0415.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-830\" title=\"Old Fashioned Lemonade Stand_Minnesota State Fair\" src=\"http:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0415.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0415.jpg 640w, https:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0415-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0277.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-831\" title=\"Vintage Seed Sacks_Minnesota State Fair\" src=\"http:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0277.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0277.jpg 640w, https:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0277-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0423-Version-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-828\" title=\"cotton candy stand_Minnesota State Fair\" src=\"http:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0423-Version-2.jpg\" alt=\"cotton candy stand_Minnesota State Fair\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0423-Version-2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0423-Version-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0433.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-832\" title=\"Cheese on a Stick_Minnesota State Fair\" src=\"http:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0433.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0433.jpg 427w, https:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0433-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0285.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-833\" title=\"Sky Ride_Minnesota State Fair\" src=\"http:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0285.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0285.jpg 640w, https:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0285-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0456-Version-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-834\" title=\"Sweet Martha's chocolate chip cookies_Minnesota State Fair\" src=\"http:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0456-Version-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0456-Version-2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_0456-Version-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to September!<\/p>\n<p>-Katherine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As summer comes to an end, I thought we should close it out with a few nostalgic looks at the Minnesota State Fair ~ a Labor Day weekend tradition for 153 years! Welcome to September! -Katherine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[451,452,448,447,453,450,449],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=825"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":836,"href":"https:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825\/revisions\/836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theoccasionalsaler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}