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Originally Posted by Flyingwedge
Your photo looks north at the Nat Reiss Southern Carnival Co. at Fiesta Park, with buildings along 12th Street in the background.
167652 at Huntington Digital Library
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Thanks so much for finding the location of the 1904 traveling carnival photo
Flyingwedge.
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In the 1900s "Nat Reiss" Southern Carnival Co., known as the greatest and grandest carnival company, provided a multiplicity of attractions. They carried a twenty-car train, embracing 300 people in all, who presented a diversified combination of attractions, shows, features and performances. In addition, they held features, parades, tournaments, and contests demonstrating exhibits of the different skilled trades....
and Max (poor Max
) the diving dog.
http://spokanehistorical.org/items/show/596
I don't know if Max made the trip to Los Angeles
The carnival was held for two weeks in Los Angeles beginning May 16, 1904.
Los Angeles Herald, Number 228, 14 May 1904
Los Angeles Herald, Number 160, 7 March 1904
Here are the sideshows visible in
FW's panorama. (from left to right)
1. Shooting Gallery (three shots for a nickel)
2. Estelle (on a raised platform)
3. Curious Theater (it may be something other than 'curious')
4. unknown name (very extravagant front...) almost baroque
5. Mozelle
6. Alice the Wonder
7. Royal Midgets
8. unknown (perhaps something to do with sailing ships)
9. Dreamland (little Nemo perhaps?)
10. Dixieland
11. Trained Sea Lions (with a giant slide)
12. California Orange Cider 5 cents
13. Stadium (a chorus on the left side of the entrance, a band on the other)
14. Famous Cracker Jack
15. Society Shooting Gallery
16. Merry-Go-Round
Check out the photo here:
Huntington Archive
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