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Allentown Fairgrounds, c. 1901 Allentown Fairgrounds Grandstand, in 2018 Main entrance to Allentown Fairgrounds, in 2019 Allentown Fairgrounds Hotel at 448 N. 17th Street, in 2020. Allentown Fairgrounds is located at 302 North 17th Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It hosts the Great Allentown Fair annually in late August and early September ...
The Great Allentown Fair in 1941. From its earliest days in the 19th century, horse racing was a popular event at the Allentown Fair. In 1902, the Allentown Fairgrounds' half-mile track was regarded as "one of the finest in the country." [10] At the Great Allentown Fair in 1905, racehorse Dan Patch set a record of 2:01 on the half-mile track. [11]
Allentown (Pennsylvania Dutch: Allenschteddel, Allenschtadt, or Ellsdaun) is the county seat of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. [9] It is the third-most populous city in Pennsylvania with a population of 125,845 as of the 2020 census and the most populous city in the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area ...
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In short order, they became complete sellouts for vendor and car sale (or "car corral") spaces. In 1981, after renting the fairgrounds for each event, the Millers purchased the 82-acre (330,000 m 2) property. Over the years, Carlisle Events has transformed the fairgrounds to suit the needs of car show participants and visitors.
Hess's, originally known as Hess Brothers, was a department store chain based in Allentown, Pennsylvania.The company was founded a single store in 1897, and grew to nearly 80 stores by its commercial peak in the late 1980s.
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