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Casey ended up spending six months in the Ninette Sanitorium shortly after his return to Winnipeg for injuries received in the war. For soldiers returning to Canada, work was difficult to find with supply outstripping demand in a variety of sectors. After coming home to Winnipeg, Edgar studied at the Success Business College and attempted to enter the civil service, along with "fifteen hundred" people ahead of him. For a brief time, along with a handful of temporary jobs, Casey dabbled in wood working as a way to support his young, growing family. When this did not agree with his health he was encouraged "to take to the open air."

To this end he began employment with the Winnipeg Electric Railway Company, at first installing storm windows on their streetcars and buses, later as a trainer and operator of both streetcars and buses. He also worked with the Winnipeg Electric Company installing oil burners and selling gas and electric stoves. He supplemented his income with carpentry jobs and working concessions for Frank Schminowksy at River Park and Selkirk Park during the summer months. In 1933, the Depression brought layoffs to the Winnipeg Electric Company. Following this loss of employment and encouraged by his recent experience with managing Selkirk Park and concessions at River Park and other summer fairs, Edgar created the E.J. Casey Shows and began booking dates with agricultural fairs for the 1935 carnival season.

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E. J. Casey at Selkirk Park
Circa 1922
Selkirk Park, Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada

Credits:
North American Carnival Museum and Archives, Casey Fonds
Charron, Glenn
Walker, Jennifer

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Selkirk Park Rides
Circa 1922
Selkirk Park, Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada

Credits:
University of Winnipeg Archives, Western Canadian Pictorial Index, E. J. Casey Shows Collection, Image Number 50662
Charron, Glenn
Walker, Jennifer

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A Young Edgar Casey
Circa 1920
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Credits:
North American Carnival Museum and Archives, Casey Fonds
Charron, Glenn
Walker, Jennifer

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Casey With a Winnipeg Streetcar
Circa 1920
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Credits:
University of Winnipeg Archives, Western Canadian Pictorial Index, E. J. Casey Shows Collection, Image Number 50694
Charron, Glenn
Walker, Jennifer

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Edgar and Emmeliene Casey With Their First Car
Circa 1922
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Credits:
North American Carnival Museum and Archives, Casey Fonds
Charron, Glenn
Walker, Jennifer

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Winnipeg Electric Company Employees
Circa 1924
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Credits:
North American Carnival Museum and Archives, Casey Fonds
Charron, Glenn
Walker, Jennifer

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Edgar Casey With His Children Ted and Madeleine
Circa 1924
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Credits:
North American Carnival Museum and Archives, Casey Fonds
Charron, Glenn
Walker, Jennifer

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Edgar Casey With His Son Ted
Circa 1926
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Credits:
North American Carnival Museum and Archives, Casey Fonds
Charron, Glenn
Walker, Jennifer

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Mary Anne Mitchell, Edgar Casey's Second Wife
Circa 1927
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Credits:
North American Carnival Museum and Archives, Casey Fonds
Charron, Glenn
Walker, Jennifer

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Edgar Casey With His Children Ted and Madeleine
Circa 1927
River Park, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Credits:
North American Carnival Museum and Archives, Casey Fonds
Charron, Glenn
Walker, Jennifer

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E. J. Casey Working a Kiss Ball Concession at River Park
Circa 1929
River Park, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Credits:
University of Winnipeg Archives, Western Canadian Pictorial Index, E. J. Casey Shows Collection, Image Number 50655
Charron, Glenn
Walker, Jennifer

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Winnipeg Electric Company Employees in Front of a Bus
Circa 1930
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Credits:
North American Carnival Museum and Archives, Casey Fonds
Charron, Glenn
Walker, Jennifer

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Casey Ball Game Concession
Circa 1930
Canada

Credits:
North American Carnival Museum and Archives, Casey Fonds
Charron, Glenn
Walker, Jennifer