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Sunday, October 3, 2010

TULSA STATE FAIR #2

Boyce Lancaster Sr. as "Circus Jim" in the Tulsa State fair, 1959. Bozo can be seen severalelephants back. Boyce Sr. attached a note: "Believe it or not, I rode that elephant six miles!I did a lot of standing up after that."
A 1935 Tulsa State Fair poster. Amanda Bretz's book "Tulsa State Fair."/Courtesy

Mad John the Mechanical Man at 1950s fair. Amanda Bretz's book "Tulsa State Fair."/Courtesy


Fair attraction Nightmare Alley in the 1960s. Amanda Bretz's book "Tulsa State Fair."/Courtesy




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