Saturday, October 28, 2006

Diamond O Ranch 1954 #1


I lifted these photos from one of my wifes scap books, what she doesn't know won't hurt her.
I always thought that Tony Diano fancied himself as Frank Buck, they were even quite similar in appearance.
At the close of Ben Davenport's "Diano Bros. Circus" in 1953, Mr. Diano added the young tusker "Tommy" (King Tusk) to his animal collection, along with a number of former Dailey Show people including Rex and Barbara.
In 1954 he framed an animal show on the back end of the World of Mirth midway which included eight elephants, a hippo, rhino, giraffe, etc.
Here we see him in the ticket box doing his Frank Buck act.

Posted by Buckles at 10/28/2006 06:15:00 AM

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

OFF Subject:
Vicenta Pages mother(Frieda) called today. She says all is going well with the tiger act on RBBB.
I asked her, how the cats will be transported from date to date, and she told me, they will go overland, by truck, and Vicenta will follow, with her motorhome.
This leaves wonderment, as too, why the bi-level car was shipped north.
Maybe someone can come up with the ansewer.
JIM ELLIOTT

29 October, 2006 14:02
Anonymous said...

Jim,don't the cats travel in the expanding beast wagons and the rolling cages,used to get them to the arena,travel on the bi-level

30 October, 2006 11:30

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