Thanks. Love your story...why does it feel familiar - as does the picture??? Watched “Fried Green Tomatoes” last night and there was a street scene similar to your picture, I think. Have to admit at that late hour, things are pretty fuzzy the next day.
To be honest, this many years later I tried to find old pics, but couldn’t so I just grabbed an image from inline of a carnival scene. No sure what the town is, but the image looked similar to what I remember our carnival looked like in smaller towns were we set up in parking lots near Malls.