From Richard Flint

Whale show001, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. This is a good view of a Pacific Whaling Co. operation discussed under the Arthur Bros. stock car photo. It almost appears that, as was sometimes done, a special spur track was laid to the street. The railroad car had fold-down sides to create a walkaround platform. This view comes from a 1930 post card sent out as advance advertising with a fake greeting from "Bill" about seeing the show and that it would be in your town soon. They advertised like circuses for I've got two newspaper-size couriers also and as the Corporation titles faded in the 1930s, some side show talkers donned sailor suits for these shows. The shows stunk, quite literally, and so one of the souvenirs sold on the show was perfume! While whale exhibitions actually go back centuries, Anfenger's Pacific shows began in 1928 and met with great success, touring numerous units until the start of WWII. Dick Flint Baltimore