Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Shows 1909 #1


Since we have been on the subject of radical changes in the circus I thought a few pictures from this large layout (about 20 pictures in all) might be apropos. Traditionally the Ringling Show opened in the Chicago Coliseum but after the Ringlings bought the Barnum Show from the Bailey Estate in 1907 and no doubt dictated by vanity, they decided to switch routes in 1909 putting the Boys from Baraboo in Madison Sq. Garden for the first time where this photo-op was staged.
The results must have been disappointing since it would have entailed moving one show from Bababoo to NYC to open and Barnum & Bailey from Bridgeport to Chicago. The following year the shows returned to their normal routes.

The caption under this picture says "Facetious tho he be,the Schoolmaster at the Circus Children's School is a stickler for discipline".
You may notice, only one girl in the class.

Posted by Buckles at 1/10/2006 06:59:00 AM

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

That could have inticed me to get a P.H.D.! You know I was Phi Beta Crappa in my cenyor year prior too expelshion - - -

10 January, 2006 23:40
Anonymous said...

I went to that reform school too Bud. School of hard knocks. I went to dog grooming school. secretarial school, home improvement school. dog training school, Welding. Vet school, and I am still dumb as a post. Circus was the best teacher I ever had. The one school I never attended was High School. Weird huh!

11 January, 2006 10:10
Anonymous said...

Flunked out of Charm School. Bet you guessed that already. If I am smart in any field it would be Smart A%% P H S in that

15 January, 2006 14:45

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