carla harris is his daughter. >> he went on trips around canada and he certainly supported his fatherway and love the collection. jamie: when the great depression hits, money is tight. he loses his job as a park ranger. but his teenage son has a head for business and figures out how tea turn his dad's unusual hobby into a moneymaking venture. as a traveling exhibit. >> they made these cases from a old german cabinetmaker that they hired. jamie: by 1930 the whole family is traveling with these displays of bugs, all headed up by john may. jamie: he was a teenager and had grown men working for them. >> yes, they were destitute. jamie: he helped a lot of people along the way and he also intrigued a lot of people two. >> yes. >> he wanted it to be interesting to the general public and i really think that he did a good job. jamie: by 1936 john started his own family and before you know it, three daughters join the entourage as they bounce from fairgrounds to exhibition halls with many of their shows drawing standing crowds. >> i remember des moines iowa and topeka kansas were to big places.

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