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Title
Ohio
State
Fair
Broadside
Featuring
Roy
Rogers
Subject
Agriculture
Arts and Entertainment
Fairs
Rogers, Roy, 1911-1998
Place
Columbus (Ohio)
Franklin County (Ohio)
Description
The
1956
Ohio
State
Fair
opened
on
Friday
,
August
24
with a
sellout
crowd
attending
a
grandstand
performance
by
America's
"
King
of the
Cowboys
"
Ohio
native
Roy
Rogers
.
It
was
Rogers's
first
appearance
at a
state
fair
.
Rogers
, his
wife
Dale
Evans
,
Trigger
, and their
performing
troupe
headlined
the
five-day
event
. This
poster
announcing
the
show
also
advertises
the "
Farm
Animal
Babyland
" at the
fairgrounds
in
Columbus
. The
poster
measures
21
"
x
14
"
(53.34
x
35.56
cm)
.
Roy
Rogers
(1911-1998)
was
born
Leonard
Frank
Slye
in
Cincinnati
,
Ohio
. In
July
1912
, his
father
and
uncle
built
a
houseboat
and
sailed
upriver
to
Portsmouth
,
Ohio
.
It
was in
nearby
Duck
Run
that "
Len
"
grew
up
as a
typical
farm
boy
. In
1923
, he
raised
a
black
Poland
China
piglet
that
became
a
championship
sow
at the
Scioto
County
Fair
. The
prize
was
$5
and a
week-long
trip
to
Ohio's
capital
city
and the
4-H
Club
Congress
in
Columbus
. In
1929
,
Rogers
moved
to
California
and
worked
as
fruit
picker
. He
changed
his
name
to
Dick
Weston
and
began
singing
with the
Sons
of the
Pioneers
. In
1938
he
starred
in
Under
Western
Skies
using
the
name
Roy
Rogers
. He
made
more
than
eighty
films
during
his
career
,
including
King
Of The
Cowboys
,
Son
Of
Paleface
, and
Hollywood
Canteen
. From
1951
to
1957
Rogers
starred
in the
television
series
"The
Roy
Rogers
Show.
"
Date of Original
August
,
1956
Source
Published
material
;
OVS
4297
Format
picture
;
broadside
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
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Type
Text
File Name
Om1602_2751954_001.tif
Image Height
2956
Image Width
2035
File Size
1637.684 KB
Date created
2009-01-13
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