The year 1949 great uncle Sal is working for the World of Mirth a bizarre traveling carnival that travel down through Canada to Virginia and back sal was hired As the organ player for the girls in the burlesque show he also had a mask photography studio that traveled with them he did a lot of mind reading in there and hypnotizing people also did all the photos for that Company and their yearly Magazine they used Sal for many other things Sal was usually the negotiator when they came to a new town and had to pay off the sheriff to set up in a field somewhere Sal I was an amazing negotiator Anyway we all know Sal was a wild gay guy but he did venture off with different women now and then the girl in this picture Dorita she was the head burlesque girl she was the one who danced outside on stage and coaxed all the other men in the big tent in that tent you could actually see nude women and they probably invented the first lap dance in there from what my great uncle Sal told me late at ni
My Mother and Aunt were dancers. my Father (my Aunts’ brother) m’ceed-around 1950. My Mother was platinum and my Aunt dark haired. One photo is of my Mother in kerchief sitting at a table with a famous actress and my Mother is far prettier!!! I believe they were in the World of Mirth shows…love to see any pictures you might have- lost my Mother in 2016 and my Daddy in March-thanks