{"id":188602,"date":"2026-03-12T12:16:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T12:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/188602\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T12:16:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T12:16:19","slug":"what-the-miami-dade-county-fair-looked-like-60-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/188602\/","title":{"rendered":"What the Miami-Dade County Fair looked like 60 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/p>\n

The fair midway in 1988.<\/p>\n

Raul Rubiera<\/p>\n

Miami Herald File<\/p>\n

It\u2019s county fair time again in Miami-Dade.<\/p>\n

Do you remember the fair of your youth?<\/p>\n

The sky-ride over the midway. The fried elephant ears. The prize-winning cows.<\/p>\n

In some ways, fairs have changed. The food and rides are ever more adventurous. And where did most of the blue-ribbon cows go?<\/p>\n

In other ways, the fair is still the same: school projects, carnival games, unhealthy food.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: A 2-headed cow and \u2018Bad Blood\u2019 backup at the Miami-Dade Fair? Get the backstory<\/a><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a look back at the Miami-Dade County Youth Fair of earlier years: the \u201860s through the \u201880s.<\/p>\n

Do you recognize anything?<\/p>\n

1965 \"A A fair exhibit in 1965. 1966 \"King King George Mekras and Queen Linda Rocawich feed cotton candy to a giant steer in 1966. C.A. Mitchell Miami Herald File 1967 \"Josephine Josephine Williams,from Mays High School in 1967. Albert Coya Miami Herald File \"A A 3-year-old girl and a cow in 1967. Albert Coya Miami Herald File 1968 \"All All dressed up for tickets in 1968. Joe Schuppe Miami Herald File 1969 \"This This is how a calf bulldogs a man in three easy steps. Take a stance and bear with it while the man. in this case C.W. Lehen, applies a head lock with the idea of throwing the claf. But up comes the calf\u2019s neck and look who goes thrown. The Calf, names Gomer, is at the Dade County Fair in 1969. AP File 1973 \"Electronic Electronic palm reader at the Youth Fair i 1973. W.O. Minor Jr. Miami Herald Staff 1975 \"Youth Youth Fair thrill rides in 1975. Mike O’ Bryon Miami Herald File 1977 \"Youth Youth Fair rides. in 1977. Miami Herald File 1979 \"A A Youth Fair thrill ride in 1979. 1988 \"The The giant Ferris wheel comes down at the fair in 1988. Raul Rubiera Miami Herald File \"The The rotating barrel in 1988. Raul Rubiera Miami Herald File \"Youth Youth Fair midway in 1988. \"The The Olympic Spirit Aquacade in 1988. \"*****Entertainment *****Entertainment at the fair in 1988. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fair midway in 1988. Raul Rubiera Miami Herald File It\u2019s county fair time again in Miami-Dade. Do…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[88363,88366,123,125,124,88362,88364,88365],"class_list":["post-188602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-county-fair-history","tag-county-fair-nostalgia","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-miami-dade-county-fair","tag-miami-dade-youth-fair","tag-vintage-fair-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}