Each August, the Iowa State Fairgrounds, home to America's quintessential state fair, becomes 400 acres of sights, sounds, and aromas. Over 190 vintage postcards provide glimpses of the fair from 1890s to the mid 1950s. Des Moines native Ron Playle has collected postcards of the Des Moines area for over 50 years and has enjoyed going to the Iowa State Fair for an equal number of years.