Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

January 2, 1960

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Jack Ruby's business card for The Carousel Club

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Jack Ruby's business card for The Carousel Club

Gray business card from Jack Ruby's Carousel Club on Commerce Street. Card is gray with black lettering and orange accents. Card reads:"The Carousel ClubR17-2362...1312 1/2 Commerce Dallas Texasyour host... Jack RubyContinuous Shows!GlamorousGirls!Girls!Girls!Open To - - 2 amnitely"Images of a nude woman, a martini glass and a stage curtain decorate the card.

Object Details
Object title:

Jack Ruby's business card for The Carousel Club

Date:

circa 1962

Terms:

Night clubs

Ruby, Jack

Carousel Club

Dallas
Medium:

Paper

Dimensions:

2 1/8 x 3 3/4 in. (5.4 x 9.5 cm)

Credit line:

Patrick and Anita Duncan Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1999.028.0002

Curatorial Note:

Some of the news media representatives that encountered Jack Ruby in the halls of Dallas police headquarters during the weekend of the Kennedy assassination remember that Ruby freely distributed business cards as a way of introducing himself and promoting his club. A few law enforcement officials recalled in oral history interviews that Ruby would occasionally sign the back of a business card before passing it out; this would entitle the card holder to a free drink at the club. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

This item, along with materials from the DA's Ruby file (which is on loan to the Museum) and from the Museum's permanent collection, briefly appeared in a temporary display on the Museum's seventh floor in 2017. - Lindsey Richardson, Curator of Collections

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Jack Ruby's business card for The Carousel Club

Gray business card from Jack Ruby's Carousel Club on Commerce Street. Card is gray with black lettering and orange accents. Card reads:"The Carousel ClubR17-2362...1312 1/2 Commerce Dallas Texasyour host... Jack RubyContinuous Shows!GlamorousGirls!Girls!Girls!Open To - - 2 amnitely"Images of a nude woman, a martini glass and a stage curtain decorate the card.

Object Details
Object title:

Jack Ruby's business card for The Carousel Club

Date:

circa 1962

Terms:

Night clubs

Ruby, Jack

Carousel Club

Dallas

Medium:

Paper

Dimensions:

2 1/8 x 3 3/4 in. (5.4 x 9.5 cm)

Credit line:

Patrick and Anita Duncan Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1999.028.0002

Curatorial Note:

Some of the news media representatives that encountered Jack Ruby in the halls of Dallas police headquarters during the weekend of the Kennedy assassination remember that Ruby freely distributed business cards as a way of introducing himself and promoting his club. A few law enforcement officials recalled in oral history interviews that Ruby would occasionally sign the back of a business card before passing it out; this would entitle the card holder to a free drink at the club. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

This item, along with materials from the DA's Ruby file (which is on loan to the Museum) and from the Museum's permanent collection, briefly appeared in a temporary display on the Museum's seventh floor in 2017. - Lindsey Richardson, Curator of Collections

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