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Image of comedian Wally Weston on stage at the Carousel Club
Image of comedian Wally Weston on stage at the Carousel Club

Image of comedian Wally Weston on stage at the Carousel Club

Object number2009.016.0003.0003
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)
Collections
Description35mm 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.
Curatorial Commentary
Wally Weston was married to another Carousel Club performer, a dancer known professionally as Shari Angel. - Gary Mack, Curator