A wooden Ferris wheel takes center stage at the International Independent Showmen’s Museum. Handbills for traveling carnivals advertised rides, games and live entertainment. Curator Doc Rivera got his start in carnivals setting up milk bottles customers had knocked down in a game similar to this one at the International Independent Showmen’s Museum. Doc Rivera poses beside a replica of Johann Petursson, who performed with carnivals as the “Viking Giant.”
The Viking Giant stands a little off to the right, after the fun house mirrors and a red Harley-Davidson 250 that once performed daredevil stunts. He