Three generations of carnival showmen – Carl J. Sedlmayr, his son Carl Jr. and grandson Carl III – took a spin on a carousel at the Minnesota State Fair in August 1954. The elder Sedlmayr, president and general manager of the Royal American Shows and a former newspaper carrier himself, donated hundreds of State Fair tickets to Star and Tribune carriers in the early 1950s.
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