Jack Ruby's business card for The Carousel Club

Object number1999.028.0002

Datecirca 1962

ClassificationsDocuments

ObjectCard, Business

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

MediumPaper

Dimensions2 1/8 x 3 3/4 in. (5.4 x 9.5 cm)

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DescriptionGray business card from Jack Ruby's Carousel Club on Commerce Street. Card is gray with black lettering and orange accents. Card reads: "The Carousel Club R17-2362... 1312 1/2 Commerce Dallas Texas your host... Jack Ruby Continuous Shows! Glamorous Girls! Girls! Girls! Open To - - 2 am nitely" Images of a nude woman, a martini glass and a stage curtain decorate the card.

Curatorial Commentary

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

Curatorial Commentary

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