The State Fair of West Virginia is an event that many people often look forward to throughout the years. However the 1940s ...

Girlie shows. Now that I have your attention, we'll continue our discussion of the history of the local fair, at which girlie shows, also known as "hoochie koochie" shows, were held. Basically, it ...

Imagine no State Fair of Texas. That was reality in the early 1940s, when several fairs were ... declared in a front-page headline. “Biggest show in all Texas will offer old grandeur.

“The girlie show, as much a State Fair fixture as the bread and beef judging, is a thing of the past,” the Tribune, at the time the Register’s afternoon sister newspaper, reported in 1976.

Next month at the New Jersey State Fair ... show time. "We have lots of girl singers; we could use some more variety acts," said Jorritsma, shortly after performing a lively rendition of the 1940s ...