Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Vanderburg & Hall Circus 1942 #3


This is the former Ringling Cinderella coach.

Posted by Buckles at 8/15/2006 06:09:00 AM

5 comments:

Bob Cline said...

I remember seeing this in the Terrell Jacobs cat barn at the Paul Kelly farm in the early 1980's I believe. It has since been donated or loaned to the Circus World Museum where it has been restored and displays beautifully.
Bob

15 August, 2006 07:48
Anonymous said...

Bob Cline, you are right. Dorothy and Paul Kelly sold the Cinderella coach to Circus World Museum where Harold Burdick and his crew restored it. It is on display in the spec exhibit in the Feld Building. The carriage was in several Great Circus Parades in Milwaukee.

15 August, 2006 09:36
Anonymous said...

I remember seeing it in that barn too, in the late 80', I think it was. When we arrived on the farm, Dorothy was up on scaffolding, about 25 feet in the air, painting a barn adjacent to the cat barn. Gee, she must have been 70 or more at that time! In the cat barn, along with the wagon, I remember how impressed I was to see that the cat cages still had "TJ" above each one. Dorothy later showed us Terrell Jacobs "practice jacket" a brown bomber-style leather jacket that was pretty beaten up. "Please tell me those slices on the leather aren't claw marks," I commented. She said she wasn't sure, but she knew he had some pretty rough practice sessions! Is that jacket in the CWM in Peru too?

15 August, 2006 16:48
Anonymous said...

Looking at this picture reminds me of an incident at the Great Circus Parade a few years ago. A young lady dressed as Cinderella presented herself at the Cinderella Pony Float back on the showgrounds. She was not sure where she was supposed to ride, as there was no seat for her on the float. Nobody was there to direct her because the unit was not scheduled to go for 30 minutes.

Meanwhile the Cinderella carriage was at the foot of the bridge ready to roll and frantic radio calls were going to parade marshalls asking if anyone had seen a girl dressed as Cinderella anywhere on the grounds. Jim Peterson came to the rescue with a golf cart and wisked her to the waiting carriage as it was about to go up the steep War Memorial Bridge. She no sooner sat down and Billy Cummerford urged the ponies to go. Because the hill was pretty steep, Billy urged the ponies to gallop up the hill to be sure they would make it. They reached the top in front of the War Memorial and were slipping and sliding. Billy turned and yelled at Cinderella - "Holy S..t, Cinderella, hang on." He tried to rein in the young ponies but they charged ahead into the Public TV cameras. The TV crews were ducking to get out of the way.

Billy manage to stop the ponies but it was decided to pull the unit and lead them back to the lot.
Cinderella was dressed up and had nowhere to go.

The following year she rode the Cinderella carriage and made it all the way.

15 August, 2006 18:31
Anonymous said...

I stand corrected. It was not Billy Cummerford but it was his brother Timmy. Both Les Smout and Paul Ingressia corrected me.

16 August, 2006 11:55

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