Walter Jennier about 1912 with Downie & Wheeler.
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Friday, April 18, 2014
Jennier #3
I vividly remember this truck from the Wallace Show when one day I was watching Mr. Jennier wash out the tank and said, "I didn't know sea lions pooped!" and he calmly replied "Everybody poops."
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1946 Sparks #1
In order to maintain the quota I'll toss in these John F. Teague photos identified as Sparks 1946.
I'm sure everyone knows how this show came about, in fact Dom Yodice can probably identify the year the wardrobe was used on the Ringling Show.
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1946 Sparks #2
The Sacred Scrolls tell us that the two Ringling elephants were "Pinto" and "Topsy".
John Herriott.....did you ever see an exit sign over the back door?
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Thursday, April 17, 2014
Hugo Quarters #1
 Shirley Linderman with "Margaret" and "Tena" 1951. I got the idea for today's subject from comments I overheard Shirley make back then, saying that as an early teen-ager, she was a member of the Ringling Corps De Ballet in '42 and being the smallest, stood on the very end of the line. |
Hugo Quarters #2
The caption under this photo in the K-M Route Book read "Shirley Linderman and Miss Oklahoma".
Which caused Dick McGlaughlin to ask, "Strange name for a hippo, I wonder who the Miss America contestant is?"
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
From Eric Beheim
Back around 1975, when Federal and
California state agencies were starting to enact laws regarding the owning and
exhibiting of wild animals, Bobby Holter, Smokey and Kari Jones and some of the
other animal people from the Los Angeles area got together to be interviewed by
one of the local LA TV stations to explain their side of the story. Smokey and Kari brought along their little
elephant Tika, and Bobby had his tiger GT (which I understand stood for Good
Tiger.) Bobby just had GT on a chain and
I asked if I could stand next to him and GT for a picture. Instead, he handed me the chain and walked
away. Smokey took this picture. Looking back, I now realize that this was one
of the more foolish things I did during my life. At the time, I was thrilled beyond belief to
be this close to an uncaged tiger.
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Monday, April 14, 2014
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