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    Albert Floyd Carver (abt. 1884 - abt. 1961)

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    Born about in Massachusetts, USA
    Ancestors

    Son of William Frank Carver and Josephine (Dailey) Carver

    Brother of Lorena Carver

    Husband of Sonora Evelyn (Webster) Carver — married Oct 1928 [location unknown]

    [children unknown]

    Died about at about age 77in United States

    Profile last modified | Created 23 Aug 2014

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    Biography

    Albert F. Carver was born about 1884-1888 in Massachusetts.[1] He is the son of William Carver and Josephine Dailey.

    He partnered with his father and built the horse diving ramps.

    Sources

    1. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VY5K-T63 : 27 July 2019), Albert F Carver, Police Jury Ward 7, St. Tammany, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 52-19, sheet 3A, line 37, family 55, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 19

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      “Though I cannot see my surroundings, the world is part of me. And I do not fear life or anything in it. On the contrary, I relish life and know that there is still much for me to do and know.” 

      – Sonora Webster Carver

      Sonora Webster Carver’s Story

      Sonora Webster was born on February 2, 1904, to a working-class family in Waycross, Georgia. She had a love for horses from a young age and would skip school to ride them. In 1923, at 19 years old, Webster’s mother showed her an advertisement in the newspaper seeking an “attractive young woman who can swim and dive; likes horses; desires to travel.” While she was resistant to the idea at first, after seeing the horse diving act, in which a horse and rider dove 40 feet from a tower into a pool of water, Webster was overcome with a desire to join the show. She reached out to William “Doc” Carver, the inventor of the horse diving act, and one of the founders of the Wild West Shows. Within months

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      Diving horse

      Tourist attraction

      A diving horse is an attraction that was popular in North America in the mid-1880s,[1] in which a horse would dive into a pool of water, sometimes from as high as 60 feet.[2]

      History

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      William "Doc" Carver "invented" horse-diving exhibitions. Allegedly, in 1881 Carver was crossing a bridge over Platte River (Nebraska) which partially collapsed. His horse fell/dived into the waters below, inspiring Carver to develop the diving horse act. Carver trained various animals and went on tour. His son, Al Floyd Carver, constructed the ramp and tower and Lorena Carver was the first rider. Sonora Webster joined the show in 1924. She later married Al Floyd Carver. The show became a permanent fixture at Atlantic City's popular venue Steel Pier. There, Sonora, Al and Lorena continued the show following his death.

      In 1931, Sonora and her horse Red Lips lost their balance on the platform. Sonora survived the fall, but was blind

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