POMONA >> The 93rd annual LA County Fair achieved a few firsts by the time it ended Sunday night.

Attendance figures wouldn’t be available until this morning (last year, which like this year was particularly hot, saw a slight drop from previous years with 1.2 million people). But a few other records were known by Sunday, according to fair spokeswoman Renee Hernandez:

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• Food Drive Fridays collected 174,909 cans of non-perishable food. That’s about 867 tons of food that will be donated to the LA Regional Food Bank, Hernandez said.

In 2014, the number of cans was about 72,000 — about 40 percent of this year’s total.

• School Supply Thursdays also collected the most ever, just over 65,000, nearly double last year’s 35,000, Hernandez said. Those supplies will be donated to the Los Angeles Unified and Pomona Unified school districts and Inland Empire United Way, according to the fair’s website.

• While not record-breaking, blood drives collected 2,700 pints of blood in partnerships with City of Hope, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, the American Red Cross, Huntington Hospital in Pasadena and Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital in Whittier, Hernandez said.

• The concert series was the highest-grossing ever, despite a cut from 19 days last year to 15 this year, on the strength of such performances as Chicago, Train, War and Jake Owen, according to Hernandez.

‘Worth the drive’

It was also a first for Fred Wapner, who was persuaded to go to the fair for the first time by his son, Michael.

“I was born and raised in Los Angeles for 66 years, and this is my first time here,” said Wapner, a West Los Angeles resident. “We’ve been on some rides, and so far we’re really liking this.”

“This” was an interactive exhibition called “Popnology,” which made connections between science fiction and today’s technology. Michael had just finished using a machine to rotate eggs, as seen in “Jurassic Park.”

“It’s absolutely worth the drive,” Wapner said.

Other attendees make a trip every year, like Jesus Selva, 42, of Montebello.

“We’ll be here until they get tired,” Selva said, speaking of his 3-year-old and 7-month-old children, the older of whom had just successfully milked a goat. “They love the animals, so that’s where we start.”

Fun for vendors, too

Many vendors, too, were working their first fair.

In fact, it was the first day at All Star Dips for Vanessa Vicario, 18, of Chino.

“It’s been really busy, but it’s a lot of fun,” Vicario said. “It’s crazy all the things you see. … We had people that dress up like clowns, and people from out of state.”