Susan Lambert Miller

The Minnesota State Fair Foundation and the Minnesota Historical Society Press are proud to present an exhibit of photos by Susan Lambert Miller from her book, Minnesota County Fairs: Kids, Cows, Carnies, and Chow. The exhibit runs all twelve days of the Minnesota State Fair at the J.V. Bailey House which is south of the Space Tower.

Susan will be signing her books on Sunday August 30th from 10 a.m. to Noon and Wednesday September 2 from 10:00 a.m. to Noon. Books will be available for purchase at the Bailey House.

This week’s winner of the Minnesota County Fairs quiz is Margaret from St. Cloud! She figured out what was wrong with “The Potatoe Wagon”!

Have fun at The Great Minnesota Get-Together!

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Tonight, Susan Lambert Miller, author of Minnesota County Fairs will be signing books and exhibiting photographs at the Edina B&N in the Galleria shopping center. The event begins at 7. Hope to see you there!.

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We have winners from last week’s quiz. All winners will receive a copy of either Minnesota County Fairs or State Fair. The correct answer, as winner Jean put it, is ” The winning numbers are chosen where the rooster does his business.” That is absolutely right. Gross, but right.  Other winners include Penny from New Ulm, Daphne from Minneapolis, Duke from Red Wing, and Mr. Loman from St. Paul. Thanks to everyone for playing and congratulations!

Now, for this week’s quiz question. Again, send in your answer to info-mhspress@mnhs.org and we will draw a winner out of a hat next Wednesday. Your e-mail will not be used for any purpose other than to contact you if you win. Winners will be announced right here at 10000books.org next Wednesday, 8/26. Good luck!

 The quiz question is: What is wrong with this picture? 

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Okay, last week I put forth three quiz questions for a free Minnesota County Fairs or  State Fair book. Entrants were to e-mail me the correct answers, and I was going to draw five winners out of a hat.

Well, only one person wrote in with the correct answers (congratulations Bill in St. Paul!), so I am going to make it easier this week. There is only one quiz question. E-mail me the correct answer at info-mhspress@mnhs.org by Tuesday, 8/18, and I will put all of the correct answers into a hat and draw out five winners. Winners will be contacted by e-mail and announced on Wednesday 8/19. Three people will receive a free copy of Susan Lambert’s Miller’s Minnesota County Fairs and two will receive a copy of her book State Fair: The Great Minnesota Get-Together.

Here we go!

The one and only question:

How are the bingo numbers determined in Rooster Bingo?

Again, e-mail your response to info-mhspress@mnhs.org.

Also, if you are chomping at the bit waiting for the Minnesota State Fair, check out the Dakota County Fair this week!

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The Minnesota State Fair is starting in about three weeks on August 27th. In honor of our time-honored tradition, we will be giving away three copies of Susan Lambert Miller’s new book Minnesota County Fairs: Kids, Cows, Carnies and Chow and two copies of State Fair: The Great Minnesota Get-Together for the next three weeks–starting today.

But, of course, there is a catch. You must answer three county fair questions corrrectly. If you answer correctly, your name will be thrown into a hat next Wednesday, and we will draw for our five winners winners of the week. We will have more quiz questions the next two Wednesdays (August 12 and 19th) as well. Your answers need to be e-mailed to info-mhspress@mnhs.org by 8:00 AM Wednesday, August 12. Please put “Fairs” in the subject line.

Here we go!

#1. What is the name of this event?

#2 Identify the owner of these feet.

#3 What is the purpose of the knobs?

Good luck!

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MHS Press is please to announce the publication of our new book, Minnesota County Fairs: Kids, Cows, Carnies, and Chow by Susan Lambert Miller with an introduction by Shannon Olson. Susan is also the author of Minnesota State Fair: The Great Minnesota Get-Together.

Susan went to every county fair in Minnesota, except for three, which she hopes to visit this year. For this book, she was accompanied by her daughter Elizabeth who shares her experiences.

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