International Showman's Museum (6 of 11)

I took this series of Ten Photographs outside the International Independent Showmen's Carnival Museum, which is located at 6938 Riverview Drive in Riverview, Florida.

 

This is former Johnny J. Jones Exposition Generator Trailer.

 

On August 4, 2017, I drove to Riverview, Florida to see the International Independent Showman's Museum to see what the Carnies had on display in the museum. Unfortunately, i arrive late in the afternoon and apparently it was closed. They were apparently having a Public Convention, but I arrived too late to gain admission to the museum. Therefore, I took Photographs of the Items displayed outside the museum.

 

There was a Banner attached to the Fence with the following lettering upon it:

SHOWMAN'S CARNIVAL MUSEUM OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Museum 813 671-3503 - - - - By Appointment 813 765-7xxx

 

Unfortunately, the Banner was folded back on itself, so that I couldn't see the last three digits of the second Phone Number.

 

I came back a week later and discovered that, many of the items that I photographed had been removed from the grounds and most likely locked up inside the museum. So I stopped in the Office on the otherside of Riverview Drive at International Showman's Foundation Building and asked the Office Manager, for a schedule of when the Museum is opened to the Public. She didn't know, but suggested that they might be opened on weekends. I took one more photo of a banner outside of the foundation building which depicts two American Fags, a Globe of the Earth and a Ribbon superimposed on the banner tittle'd: "International - Independent Showmen's Association". This Photograph can be seen as the next Photo in my Photostream, following this Ten Photo Sequence.

 

 

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