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WEST BROTHERS SHOWS
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WEST BROTHERS SHOWS. Described as the "largest motorized carnival going," West Brothers came to Dubuque for shows from May 12-18, 1941. The program featured fourteen rides and 15 shows with a special feature the Congress of Oddities, a "gathering of freaks and unusual entertainment."
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"First Carnival Coming May 12," Telegraph-Herald, May 11, 1941, p. 21