Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Barnum & Bailey clowns 1900's #1


"The clowns off the stage, nine serious and gentlemanly persons.
Right to left: Adams, Hanson, Warren, Holland, Marceline, Powers, Harris, Revell and Shaw."

Thought I'd toss in a couple extra for Mr. Cashin.

Posted by Buckles at 1/11/2006 10:42:00 AM

7 comments:

Inni said...

A greeting to you from Norway.

I found your blog just by chance and have been visiting it regularely.
Thank`s for interesting articles and pictures.

I`ve bookmarked your blog and will come back.

bestet
Oslo

11 January, 2006 13:38
Anonymous said...

I would bit most people would take these man as motisions and never guess they are clowns. A very handsome group. I have never seen a clown dressed like this on the street. Who was the clown with the long green eye lashes in the 60s. I am thinking Blinko might have been his name.

11 January, 2006 14:04
Anonymous said...

Hey Rebecca
I thnk it was Blinko(Ernie Burch).He also had a G-clef in the middle of his forhead! He and his wife Maran were long time performers at Circus Circus too. I believe Ernie died a couple years ago & Maran is living in Fl

11 January, 2006 14:37
Pat Cashin said...

Maran still lives right across the street from my friend Shane Hansen's parents.

Shortly before he died Ernie came over to give Shane a baseball. "I don't have a son of my own to give this to" he told him, "so I want you to have this."

Shane thanked him and never inspected the ball. Not too long after Shane learned that Ernie had passed. He went and dug out the ball. It's signed by Mantle, Maris and Willie Mays to name just a few.

11 January, 2006 15:56
Anonymous said...

I don't remember the shrine winter date, but Blinko won the drawing for a new Cadilac car. It was early 60's. I could not make a TV spot so Blinko subed for me.

11 January, 2006 19:37
Anonymous said...

The story was told many times that Ernie Burch was given the name Blinko by Cecil B. DeMille because of the big eyelashes. Ernie loved to repeat his dialogue with Charlton Heston, who was Brad, the circus boss: "Why the rehearsal just for makeup, Brad?" Brad: "Because you left your eyelashes off in the last show last season."

We remember Mr. Heston told us he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. None of us out here are hearing anything from those around him these days. God bless Brad. He needs our thoughts and prayers.

12 January, 2006 03:28
Circus DBR said...

Dear Buckles,

Thank you for this amazing blog.

I would like to ask for more information about this entry, as it could be enlightnening for our research about Marceline.

Unfortunately, I have not been able to find any other means to contact you. I would be very grateful if you were so kind to contact me at circusdbr@gmail.com

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D.

24 October, 2017 04:07

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