Thursday, July 28, 2005

Al G. Barnes & Sells-Floto Circus 1938/ Los Angeles


Fortunately the last wagons to be spotted were the cages, they were the lightest and by the time they were brought in the roadway was a mess.
This particular lot was in La Brea. Nuf Ced.
Buckles

By the way, when I was in Peru last weekend I received wonderful news that the Sells-Floto
and Hagenbeck-Wallace logos have been replaced with Ken & Nicole. It has long been a sore spot among fans to have these two grand old titles affiliated with a concession company and a prop shop.

Posted by Buckles at 7/28/2005 07:17:00 AM

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

The RBBB circus during the 1930's in Los Angeles was the best. People don't realize how much work it takes to put together a circus and move from town to town. This is a great picture showing the hard work days before the circus actually starts.

28 July, 2005 09:10
Anonymous said...

Dear Lord...If only you can warm Ken's heart and release the Hagenbeck-Wallace title from Babylonia Captivity in time for a 100th anniversary, all will forgiven

28 July, 2005 10:13
Anonymous said...

Those elephants look in terrible shape. You have to feel somewhat guilty. Animals are living creatures too.

28 July, 2005 14:25
Anonymous said...

Jaybo,

The circus is for entertainment. If you want to see what animals can do go the zoo. A place were animals do not have to be chained foot to foot

28 July, 2005 14:41
Anonymous said...

Brent. Did you go through a bio-park program? Did you attend elephant school? Belong to E.M.A.? Liberationists have no love of zoos anymore than they like circuses.

28 July, 2005 15:22
Anonymous said...

how do you guys know they are in terrible shape? you don't

elephants can push and pull more then their weight.

29 July, 2005 23:34

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