[The Carousel Club business card]

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A business card for The Carousel Club, a nightclub owned by Jack Ruby. The card reads, “The Carousel Club, 1312-1/2 Commerce Dallas Texas, your host…Jack Ruby, RI7-2362, Continuous Shows! Glamorous Girls! Girls! Girls! Open To 2 AM Nitely.” Jack Ruby shot and killed the accused killer of former president John F. Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald.

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1 card : ill. ; 5 x 9 cm.

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Creator: Unknown. 196X.

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A business card for The Carousel Club, a nightclub owned by Jack Ruby. The card reads, “The Carousel Club, 1312-1/2 Commerce Dallas Texas, your host…Jack Ruby, RI7-2362, Continuous Shows! Glamorous Girls! Girls! Girls! Open To 2 AM Nitely.” Jack Ruby shot and killed the accused killer of former president John F. Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald.

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1 card : ill. ; 5 x 9 cm.

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Materials resulting from journalist and author Jim Marrs' career and research. Marrs specialized in reporting on conspiracy theories and government cover-ups. The majority of the collection concerns the Kennedy assassination, but information about evidence of UFOs and other conspiracy theories is also present.

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[The Carousel Club business card], text, 196X; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1743070/: accessed May 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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