Rubin & Cherry (Set 1) #1 (From Eric Beheim)

Rubin & Cherry No. 1-1, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. In 1940, TRU-VUE issued A NIGHT AT THE CARNIVAL, two 35mm filmstrips of stereo (i.e. 3-D) photos “taken with the hardy cooperation of the management of the Rubin & Cherry Exposition, The Aristocrat of the Tented World.” These Rubin & Cherry filmstrips apparently never sold as well as TRU-VUE’s filmstrips of the 1941 Ringling-Barnum Circus, since they are now quite scarce. Here are the 14 photos contained on filmstrip #1. See today, they provide an invaluable look at what a big railroad carnival was like in the years immediately proceeding the U.S. becoming involved in World War II. Photo #1 shows the midway at night, as seen from the Giant Ferris Wheel.