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Coleman Bixler's head is nearly swallowed up by this oversized hat he wears while beating a drum after being selected from the audience to come on stage to assist Dr. H.P. Hedgethicket, III, Esq. during the professor's Old West Medicine Show. Bixler, 8, of Piedmont was given the hat and large coat to wear while he banged on a drum as Hedgethicket was concocting a scheme to make it rain. Hedgethicket, who bills himself as "Miracle Worker Extraordinaire" is played by George Hopkins of Oklahoma City. Hopkins has brought the character to life for the past 22 years, performing at the Children's Cowboy Festival since the event's premiere. The Chuck Wagon Gathering and Children's Cowboy Festival is returning to the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum for its 23rd year. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman Archives
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Robert Junker, a construction superintendent, looks over plans as workers perform renovation work at the Saenger Theater in Downtown New Orleans on Wednesday, May...
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