The Greatest Show on Earth 1930's #5

I once asked George Werner how big the tent was in 1951 and he said 206' across with four 59' middle pieces. It was wider than this tent as seen in LA in 1934 because it had to accomodate Concello's seat wagons but this is a mammoth spread of canvas. To get the proper perspective, the menagerie tent in the center was 150' across, the standard size big top for the competitive circuses. This was not a 5 ring circus but actually 3 rings and four stages since there was enough room between the end center poles and the first row of quarter poles to place smaller stages, thus a seven act display. The stages on each side of the center ring had to be heavy enough to accomodate an elephant act so they could have five herds working at once. And of course, the track wide enough to present chariot races before the show closed with the Zacchini's double cannon.