Wednesday, December 13, 2006

From Richard Chipperfield



Hello Buckles,
Could you please put this photo on your web site enclosing this text.

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT JIMMY SIVERLAKE, GUNTHER GEBEL,PATRICIA,AND TED,ZERBINI MR KENNETH FELD, RICHARD CHIPPERFIELD, GRAHAM THOMAS CHIPPERFIELD, MARK GEBEL.

THIS PHOTO ALWAYS MAKES GRAHAM SMILE BECAUSE APART FROM GUNTHER AND TED THE OTHER ELEPHANT TRAINER IS STOOD IN THE BACK GROUND (CAN ANYONE GUESS WHO HE IS?)

THANKS
RICHARD AND GRAHAM Posted by Picasa

Posted by Buckles at 12/13/2006 01:27:00 PM

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Tall blond, good looking!! Has to be BUCKLES

13 December, 2006 14:54
Anonymous said...

is that patty zerbini for sure,,,,,it looks alot like carolyn rice

13 December, 2006 15:37
Buckles said...

No, the other tall, good looking guy way in the background. A man truly out standing in his field.
This picture was taken at the Tampa Fairgrounds during the 1994 rehearsals. Ted would ask me to come down when he was putting the new acts together but I preferred to stay away from the picture taking.
As it turned out, Ted was killed about a month later in the train wreck and I returned to the show.
I finished out the season and part of the next and the only plesant memory that comes to mind is meeting the Chipperfield boys.

13 December, 2006 15:53
Anonymous said...

Mr. Woodcock, would that be Zerbini's Luke or Tommy (King Tusk)?

13 December, 2006 16:11
superstar said...

good picture

13 December, 2006 16:14
Buckles said...

King Tusk.

13 December, 2006 17:13
Anonymous said...

buckles,

I set this shot up. This was the only year we had all the elephants from both units in one place. We lined them up about 500 feet from my office on the Florida State Fairgrounds around noon. I got Heinz Klutmeier, the world famous Sports Illustrated photographer to do the shoot. It was all over in 30 minutes. Once in a lifetime moment. There is a panoramic shot hanging in the main Ringling office in Virginia. I have a smaller on in my office with just me next to Tommy and herd.

Bill Powell

16 December, 2006 09:11
Anonymous said...

I would have guessed that the photo was set up by the world famous advance man, Bill Powell. I living legend of the PR business

16 December, 2006 11:20
Anonymous said...

A living legend complementing a living legend. THAT'S what it should be all about. Best wishes to you both. Wade Burck

16 December, 2006 12:01
Anonymous said...

When I joined RBBB in 1970 and brought the three elephants I had in Baraboo both shows were in Venice and Mr. Feld was giddy over having 39 elephants all together and he had a photographer come out and we brought all the elephants out in the back area of the arena for a photo. Red show herd sauting in front a nd blue show long mounting behind. Never saw the photos, but maybe Art Richtor or Frank Curry could comment if it was part of their press kit. Right about that time Irvin bought Karin, named after his daughter, for the blue show and he was now satisfied to have 20 elephants on each show. This was before Mattel and during the Feld-Hofheinz days. There would be numerous times down in Venice when both herds would be encamped there.

16 December, 2006 17:09
GaryHill said...

In 73 in Venice we had Red, Blue and the Circus World elephants on the grounds at one time.

18 December, 2006 09:02

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