Image of dancer Shari Angel on stage at the Carousel Club

Object number2009.016.0003.0004

Date1962 - 1963

ClassificationsPhotographs

Photographer Joe Hathaway

ObjectNegative (color)

Credit LineJoe Hathaway Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumFilm

Dimensions1 7/16 x 15/16 in. (3.7 x 2.4 cm)

Terms

Collections

Jack Ruby

Description35mm color negative showing dancer Shari Angel on stage at Jack Ruby's Carousel Club, with part of a carousel horse visible in the background. 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.

Curatorial Commentary

Shari Angel was married at this time to Carousel comedian Wally Weston. - Gary Mack, Curator