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Image of dancer Shari Angel on stage at the Carousel Club
Image of dancer Shari Angel on stage at the Carousel Club

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)
Collections
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