1936

1940


1959

Packy is America’s oldest and largest male Asian elephant born
in a North American zoo.

Broadway street scene

Over two million copies of the 78rpm single were sold, quickly
making Johnnie Ray a teen idol. 

John Alvin Ray was born in Hopewell, Oregon, ten miles south of Dayton
and later moved with his parents to Portland, Oregon where he attended
High School. Ray died of liver failure in Los Angeles at the age of 63. He
was buried at Hopewell Cemetery in Oregon. 

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