Even back then this seemed a bit unusual. I could understand a multi use fountain for pets, but a communial drinking fountain was quite out of the ordinary to me. The construction seemed quite permanent, not made just for the traveling carnival.
Taken with a Zeiss Contarex with 55mm F1.4 Planar on Ilford FP4 135mm panchromatic film in 1971.
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eugene spiegel
Have you noticed the fountain is flowing without holding a handle. This was well before automatic sensors. It must have been on continuously, while the one to the right had a twist valve. Part of my series in my gallery under "Carnival time."