1.0The Texas Observerhttps://www.texasobserver.orgLynn Lennonhttps://www.texasobserver.org/author/lynn-lennon/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Mli1F69vVi"><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/state-fair-of-texas/">State Fair of Texas</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.texasobserver.org/state-fair-of-texas/embed/#?secret=Mli1F69vVi" width="600" height="338" title="“State Fair of Texas” — The Texas Observer" data-secret="Mli1F69vVi" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> photos: Lynn Lennon/Degolyer Library, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, Ag2002.1405 STATE FAIR OF TEXAS Dallas I’ve always been a big fan of the State Fair of Texas. One of my earliest memories is of my mother taking my older sister and me to the fair. When we were school age, we had a day off […]https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/about-the-texas-observer.jpg740402