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Jimmy Conklin
Jimmy Conklin

Jimmy Conklin

Date8/18/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Jimmy Conklin
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0039903F
      Mr. Midway, Jimmy Conklin, with his private railway car which he uses to tour the Ontario fairgrounds. Conklin, son of the late Patty Conklin, has tak(...)
      Mr. Midway, Jimmy Conklin, with his private railway car which he uses to tour the Ontario fairgrounds. Conklin, son of the late Patty Conklin, has tak(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      8/18/1971
      Jimmy Conklin
      Jimmy Conklin
      Conklin, James Wesley "Patty", 1892-1970
      8/18/1971
      Animated Belly-Dancer is among the carnival-style curiosities used to decorate the new Penny Arcade pub opened by Jimm Conklin at the National Motor I(...)
      Animated Belly-Dancer is among the carnival-style curiosities used to decorate the new Penny Arcade pub opened by Jimm Conklin at the National Motor I(...)
      Conklin, Jim
      3/15/1976
      Luckiest kids in the world yesterday were Joe Meunier, 9, left, and Barry Wilkins, 7, right, who were chosen by Patty Conklin, CNE midway impresario, (...)
      Luckiest kids in the world yesterday were Joe Meunier, 9, left, and Barry Wilkins, 7, right, who were chosen by Patty Conklin, CNE midway impresario, (...)
      Conklin, James Wesley "Patty", 1892-1970
      8/16/1963
      Conklin, James Wesley (Patty)
      Conklin, James Wesley (Patty)
      Conklin, James Wesley "Patty", 1892-1970
      8/17/1966
      Conklin Shows will offer a 17-year-old Sikh a job as a ticket taker after turning him down because he would not shave his beard off
      Conklin Shows will offer a 17-year-old Sikh a job as a ticket taker after turning him down because he would not shave his beard off
      Bull, Ron
      8/16/1990
      Ross Skene, one of the carnival barkers at the Conklin Shows 1928 midway, ropes in the rubes with his megaphone and brass-buttoned uniform reminiscent(...)
      Ross Skene, one of the carnival barkers at the Conklin Shows 1928 midway, ropes in the rubes with his megaphone and brass-buttoned uniform reminiscent(...)
      Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
      8/27/1978
      Conklin, James Wesley (Patty)
      Conklin, James Wesley (Patty)
      Conklin, James Wesley "Patty", 1892-1970
      8/17/1966
      Real estate broker Bruce Conklin says it is common knowlege that his field is overcrowded. He feels solution outlined in his letter - salesmen becoming unionized - would serve the public interest.
      Real estate broker Bruce Conklin says it is common knowlege that his field is overcrowded. He feels solution outlined in his letter - salesmen becoming unionized - would serve the public interest.
      Darrell, Dick
      9/29/1971
      Patty Conklin
      Patty Conklin
      Conklin, James Wesley "Patty", 1892-1970
      8/5/1970
      King of the midway, Patty Conklin takes two young guests, Karen Wilson,6, and Donna Wilson, 16, on a tour of Exhibition grounds in his green golf cart
      King of the midway, Patty Conklin takes two young guests, Karen Wilson,6, and Donna Wilson, 16, on a tour of Exhibition grounds in his green golf cart
      Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
      8/23/1968
      Jim Conklin, successor to his late father's title of king of the carnivals, switches from midways to a mammoth bingo game for his latest venture. He i(...)
      Jim Conklin, successor to his late father's title of king of the carnivals, switches from midways to a mammoth bingo game for his latest venture. He i(...)
      Bull, Ron
      2/10/1975