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Interview with circus worker Ward Hall

Type:

Sound

Date:

01/07/1982

Item:

Audio recording

Series:

S1576

Item ID:

T82-25

Event Name

Collector or Fieldworker

Tradition Bearer

Genre or Occupation

Place Name

Corporate or Conference Name

General Note/Comment

  • Three reel to reels. (Also copied on C95-46.) Ward, a carnival pitchman, and circus worker, discusses his career. Topics include pitching; carnivals; circuses; selling techniques; and performing in circuses. The material was featured in two episodes for the public radio program, Florida Home, on traveling entertainment. Copies of the programs can be found in S 1576, box 16, tapes C85-14 and C85-14.

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