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An udder throwback: Milk Bar at State Fair still pours milk for a quarter
August 26, 2024
ITHACA, New York, Aug. 26 -- Cornell University issued the following news:

"I remember when a cup of milk at the fair cost a quarter."

Folks stood in line at the New York State Fair in the big Dairy Building and when they shuffled to the front, they handed over a shiny quarter, maybe two dimes and a nickel, and got an ice-cold cup of milk in exchange. It was this way in 1983, the year "Risky Business" came out and Michael Jackson's "Billie . . .

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