Monday, November 06, 2006

Cole Bros. Circus 1944 #6


"Ace Donovan driving Cat, Side Show wagon #61"
"Walking Shorty on the 2nd wagon."

(In the background it looks like the elephant herd is being watered at a fire plug on the way to the lot. Buckles)

Posted by Buckles at 11/06/2006 06:24:00 AM

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I grew up "yes I did" in a town with these cobble stone streets. Mt Vernon IL. Went back to visit a few years back and they were all tared over. Asfault I think. The town had lost all its charm that I remembered. Kind of the way of RBBB. Some of this crew pictured are sleeveles and others all bundled up.

06 November, 2006 07:28
Anonymous said...

We were in Grand Island in June. Nice lot beside the race track, until it rained. I think we ended up with piles on seat boards on the ground to get those brave enough to come to the circus in and out of the tent without wading through 6" of water. Payloader was pretty busy the next morning in all that mud. On Carson & Barnes the outdoor season ended yesterday in Pearland, TX. Show goes home today, tent crew goes south. Still some arena dates in the weeks to come. Payloader go home too. Same piece of equipment has been working for 55 circus seasons. They used to build tractors to last.

06 November, 2006 09:11

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