Saturday, November 05, 2005

Calliopes #3


What a beautiful vehicle.
Written on the back is "Last on the road in 1925 with Hagenback-Wallace. Probably destroyed by fire in 1926 at the John Robinson quarters in West Baden, Ind.

One thing tho, regarding the item at left, I know a donniker top when I see one.

Posted by Buckles at 11/05/2005 06:49:00 AM

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sometimes a Donniker was a beautiful sight!!! I wonder why they were never painted up real pretty. If I remember right the one on Kelly Miller in the 60s was plain green. Was this one in the picture open to the public? I also never noticed a flag flying over a Donniker. Also was there a his and hers?

05 November, 2005 07:09
Anonymous said...

Mr. Woodcock,this question has nothing to do with this photo other then the John Roninson show.
My question is concerning the photo posted last month John Robinson parade #4.
Was the tusked male "Tommy" of the John Robinson
herd,formely "Tommy Lockhart" of the famous Lockhart elephant act
that had been with the Ringling Bros. Show?
The reason I ask is because someone
posted a question over at www.circushistory.org
discussion board(question #788)
asking whatever became of the males of the Lockhart elephant act.

05 November, 2005 18:45

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