Wednesday, June 29, 2005


This is the show set up on the lot a few days later 12/26/19 in Angleton, Tx. Surprising how much stuff you can cram into two cars. Big Top looks to be about 60' across with three 30' middles, should be able to seat 300 people or so. They even had a nice little marquee and what appears to be a ticket wagon in front. The wagon in front of the Side Show could be disassembled and loaded into a possum belly on the train. I see they were enterprising enough to have a "cooch broad". Bear in mind that the majority of the show would have to be handled twice when loading up at night, once on the rented gilly wagon and again from there to the baggage car. A hard way to make a living in bad weather. The show thrived tho, the following season 1920, another car was added and Christy's first elephant (Caradini Babe) was purchased from Mugivan & Bowers. By 1922 they moved on 9 cars with an advertising car ahead and by the end of the decade was a legitimate 30 car show and a major player.

Buckles

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