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Jack Ray: Selling Glamour and Illusion
Location: Conklin Shows

 
1934 Conklin Shows banner line.
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"Hollywood Chimps" banner line.
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"Ernie and Len" banner line in front of show.
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Early "Ernie and Len" banner line on a Conklin lot.
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A Conklin Show's midway at night. "Ernie and Len" show to the right.
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Conklin Shows electrical crew stringing electrical lines.
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An early motorcycle stunt show.
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"Ernie and Len" show front sketch  in pen and ink by midway artist Jack Ray.
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Conklin Shows on the Western "A" Fair circuit.
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Painting of a proposed "Kiddieland" by midway designer Jack Ray.
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Conklin Shows advertisement for "Frol-Ex-Land" and "Frolic-Land".
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Conklin Show's generator truck.
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Carousel designed by Jack Ray specifically for Patty Conklin.
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"High Life" an example of an early carnival "girl" show.
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"Paris After Midnight" show front designed by Jack Ray.
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Performing "girl" show.
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"Frolic-land" gate designed by Jack Ray.
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Painting of a carnival gate by midway designer Jack Ray.
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