The Fair (other)
The Fair may refer to: * ''The Fair'' (film), a 1960 German drama *The Fair Store, in Illinois, US See also *List of people known as the Fair The Fair is an epithet that may refer to: People: *Charles IV of France (1294–1328), King of France and of Navarre, Count of Champagne *Demetrius the Fair (around 285 BC-249 BC or 250 BC), Hellenistic King of Cyrene *Eadwig (941?–959), King o ...

The Fair (film)
''The Fair'' (german: Kirmes) is a 1960 West German drama film directed by Wolfgang Staudte. It was entered into the 10th Berlin International Film Festival where Juliette Mayniel won the Silver Bear for Best Actress. Cast * Juliette Mayniel as Annette * Götz George as Robert Mertens * Hans Mahnke as Paul Mertens * Wolfgang Reichmann as Georg Höchert * Manja Behrens as Martha Mertens * Fritz Schmiedel as Priest * Erica Schramm as Eva Schumann * Elisabeth Goebel as Wirtin Balthausen * Benno Hoffmann as Wirt Balthausen * Irmgard Kleber as Else Mertens * Hansi Jochmann as Erika * Solveig Loevel Solveig (, ) is a female given name of Old Norse origin. It is most common in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Iceland, and it is also somewhat common in Germany and France. Etymology The name consists of two parts, where both parts have different th ... as Gertrud References External links * 1960 films 1960 drama films West German films 1960s German-language films German dra ...
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The Fair Store
The Fair Store was a discount department store founded in 1874 in Chicago, Illinois. History Founder Ernst J. Lehmann decided on the name "The Fair Store" as he felt "the store was like a fair because it offered many different things for sale at a cheap price." Lehmann bought and sold goods on a cash-only basis; he offered odd prices (i. e., prices not in multiples of five cents) to save customers a few pennies on every purchase. The flagship store moved to the corner of State and Adams Streets in 1875; a modern twelve-story building for the store would be completed on that site in 1897. The Fair Store promoted itself as a discount department store in the early 1900s. In 1915, a booklet published by the store stated "The Fair Store is still, as it always has been and undoubtedly always will be, the store of the people, the down-town shopping center for the Savers, the market place for the Thrifty." In 1925 the business was sold to a syndicate headed by S.S. Kresge (predecessor f ...
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