The 120th Annual Cuyahoga County Fair will be held August 8 – 14, 2016.

Photos courtesy of the Cleveland Memory Project

A man standing on a ladder holds a swimsuit-clad woman over a pool of water, ready to toss her in, 1964
Boys under 12 years of age start 30-yard dash, 1957
A family admires a cow in a pen at the county fair, 1958
A black stallion on display at the fair, 1935
A crowd of people along the midway of the county fair, 1960
A grandstand full of spectators watches the thrill show at the county fair
A prize-winning bull on display at the fair, 1935
A quartet of judges examining four sheep at the county fair, 1935
A rodeo rider tries to stay atop his bull at the county fair, 1952
At the county fair, a staffer mans a booth, sponsored by the Cleveland Press, whose aim is to promote good citizenship to children, 1954
Boys compete in a wheelbarrow race at the county fair, 1959
Children pack the grandstand to watch a rodeo at the county fair, 1951
County fair employees hand a frisbee to a young boy as he is admitted at the main gate, 1979
Fists full of peanuts, a grinning girl enjoys the county fair, 1974
Food stands, an amusement ride, and a balloon vendor compete for the attention of fairgoers, 1979
Four men admire a champion steer at the county fair, 1968
Men and women push their children in strollers at the county fair, 1979
Men and women take in the attractions as they walk down the midway of the fair, 1979
Noted Cleveland industrialist Cyrus Eaton (right) and two other men admire a bull exhibited at the county fair, 1955
Panoramic view of the midway of the fairgrounds, 1935
Paper bags in hand, ittle girls race to gather peanuts and candy kisses at the county fair, 1975
Press Kids’ Day at Cuyahoga County Fair, 1974
Riding the Ferris wheel at the county fair, 1950
Rodeo–Cuyahoga County Fair, 1951
Spectators fill every seat in the grandstand to witness a race at the county fair, 1959
Spectators watch as two men, clad in Hawaiian shirts, ride up the sides of a motordrome bowl, 1968
Three young women take a break from working the concession stands to stroll the midway at the county fair, 1979
Two girls exhibit different reactions upon riding the Paratrooper amusement ride at the county fair, 1979
Two women presenting fudge for sale to raise money for the Republican party at the fair, 1957
Using hoses and buckets of soapy water, men bathe cattle at the county fair, 1966

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