Aerialist Betty Fox sky dancing on a pole, Jasper, Dubois County, Indiana, 1941

Description:	Two identical snapshots of a aerialist performing on small platform afixed to a tall pole. One sign on the building advertises Bottled Air Free Cooks Goldblume Beer. The other sign promotes See Betty and Benny Fox / Sky Dancers / Friday & Saturday April 4th & 5th / Shows Fri. & Sat. 10 AM 1:30 PM 4:30 PM 9:30 / Sponsored by Jasper Business Men. The pole is attached to the Joseph Gutzweiler building on the northwest corner of Main Street and the Courthouse SquareBetty and Benny Fox were an acrobatic duo that performed around the United States throughout the 1930s and 1940s. Their act consisted of dancing and acrobatics atop a platform about 18 inches wide and 100 feet in the air. Several women performed as Betty throughout their tenure, but Benny was performed by the same man. Although they were promoted as a brother-sister act, the first Betty was his wife.In his autobiography, Ralph D. Gray states that in April 1941 he saw a performance of Betty and Benny Fox on top of the Tivoli Theatre in Jasper on the Courthouse Square. [Source: The Mostly True Adventures of a Hoosier Schoolmaster: A Memoir, p. 37, by Ralph D. Gray, 2011] The Jasper Herald stated on April 4, 1941 that the free act would be performed four times daily to an anticipated crowd of about 10,000 people.
Origin:	1941-04
Source:	http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/4C3C9AD4-4387-45DA-82B9-159754323560
Collection:	Indiana Album
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/
Geography:	613 Courthouse Square, Jasper, Dubois County, Indiana, United States 38.391850,-86.931079
Subjects:	Flick Family Album Aerialists Acrobatics Acrobats Dancing Performances Jasper (Ind.) Dubois County (Ind.)

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