Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

January 2, 1960

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Image of comedian Wally Weston on stage at the Carousel Club

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Image of comedian Wally Weston on stage at the Carousel Club

35mm color negative showing comedian Wally Weston performing on stage at Jack Ruby's Carousel Club in downtown Dallas.Joe Hathaway, the photographer and donor of this collection, was a young man working at a camera counter in the early 1960s when he met Jack Ruby. Ruby invited him to come to the club and take pictures of the performers to be used in future publicity materials.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of comedian Wally Weston on stage at the Carousel Club

Date:

1962 - 1963

Terms:

Night clubs

Hathaway, Joe

Ruby, Jack

Weston, Wally

Carousel Club

Dallas
Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

1 7/16 x 15/16 in. (3.7 x 2.4 cm)

Credit line:

Joe Hathaway Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2009.016.0003.0003

Curatorial Note:

Wally Weston was married to another Carousel Club performer, a dancer known professionally as Shari Angel. - Gary Mack, Curator

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Image of comedian Wally Weston on stage at the Carousel Club

35mm color negative showing comedian Wally Weston performing on stage at Jack Ruby's Carousel Club in downtown Dallas.Joe Hathaway, the photographer and donor of this collection, was a young man working at a camera counter in the early 1960s when he met Jack Ruby. Ruby invited him to come to the club and take pictures of the performers to be used in future publicity materials.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of comedian Wally Weston on stage at the Carousel Club

Date:

1962 - 1963

Terms:

Night clubs

Hathaway, Joe

Ruby, Jack

Weston, Wally

Carousel Club

Dallas

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

1 7/16 x 15/16 in. (3.7 x 2.4 cm)

Credit line:

Joe Hathaway Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2009.016.0003.0003

Curatorial Note:

Wally Weston was married to another Carousel Club performer, a dancer known professionally as Shari Angel. - Gary Mack, Curator

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