This red-border Kodachrome slide (undated, but probably from the late 1950s) shows an underwater performer at Weeki Wachee Springs. She's holding food to attract fish in one hand, while she hangs on to the air hose that she uses for breathing in the other hand.
As Wikipedia explains, "Weeki Wachee Springs is a natural tourist attraction located in Weeki Wachee, Florida, where underwater performances by 'mermaids,' women wearing fish tails as well as other fancy outfits, can be viewed in an aquarium-like setting in the spring of the Weeki Wachee River."
Originally posted on Ipernity: Feeding the Fish at Weeki Wachee Springs, 1950s.
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A snapshot of "Johnny Gaso" (or "Gasso"), who was the "host of Wonderland," which was located in the Gas Exhibits Building at the New York World's Fair. The Johnny Gaso character was played by actors of short stature. For another photo, see the NYPL Digital Gallery's Gas Industries - Johnny Gasso, "Uncle Don" and man image.
As Andrew F. Wood explains in his book New York's 1939-1940 World's Fair (Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia, 2004), p. 104, visitors to the Gas Exhibits Building in 1940 saw a "Gas Wonderland" that included "mystery gardens, disappearing dwarfs, flaming cactus plants, and Tiny Town with talking houses."
Originally posted on Ipernity: Johnny Gaso, Host of Wonderland, New York World's Fair, 1940.
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"John Pecinovsky, the famous Half & Half Man, owner and operator of the Bonair Tavern, 4 miles west and 3 miles north of Cresco, Iowa. We serve Fitger's Beer, Walt Rush, distributor. Ice cream, soft drinks, and candy. Half & Half, Bonair, Iowa. Souvenir post card."
As one brief obituary explained, "For years Pecinovsky wore suits in which half of the coat was white and the other black, one trouser leg white and the other black. One side of his face was always kept shaved smooth while the other was permitted to support a luxuriant crop of whiskers" (Waterloo Daily Courier, April 7, 1942).
Originally posted on Ipernity: John Pecinovsky, the Famous Half and Half Man, Bonair, Iowa.
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This postcard is an advertisement for a Pennsylvania Dutch entertainer -- Uncle Hi -- whose show was broadcast on radio station WKJC in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
The card was addressed on the other side to Blanche Gartz, RD 1, Mt. Joy, Pa., and postmarked in Lancaster on December 2, 1932.
For a similar WKJC postcard, see The Susquehanna Mountaineer Jug Band, Lancaster, Pa., 1932
"Uncle Hi"
Favorite WKJC Entertainer
This Quaint Personality is "on the air" over WKJC every Thurs., Fri., and Sat., at 2 P.M.
Hear him.
Uncle Hi, W.K.J.C.
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"At Edwards' Animal Show, Joe the Chimpanzee is holding receptions daily."
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