Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Haag Bros. Circus 1938 #1 (From Buckles)



In Vaudeville, the Sangers Midgets included in their performance a Circus number, that included jugglers, acrobats, a strong man and even a group of small elephants that did an act.
These are two of them "Fritzi" and "Mitzi", now grown and with the Haag Show on Thanksgiving Day 1938, in Jasper, Texas.
In 1941 they were the first elephants ever to tour with Mills Bros. Circus where "Mitzi' died and after which "Fritzi" was sold to the Mexico City Zoo where he was featured for many years.Posted by Picasa

Posted by Buckles at 1/02/2007 05:41:00 AM

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Is this picture turned around? Not sure how to spell transposed.

02 January, 2007 07:25
Buckles said...

Sure looks like it is.

02 January, 2007 07:43
Anonymous said...

Jules Jacot worked with Singer's Midgets (backstage, he wasn't that small)as an elephant man in the late 30s. He said they had Ziggy, the Brookfield Zoo bull, at the time. I think I had read that as part of Ziggy's biography.

02 January, 2007 08:59
Anonymous said...

The Coca Cola sign on the ground in the back looks right.
Bob Cline

02 January, 2007 09:10
Anonymous said...

As an afterthought. Fritzie did work in harness and he rode overland in a straight job I believe, open air with about four foot sides. He would get on a tub at the back of the truck, turn around and back in.

02 January, 2007 12:30
Anonymous said...

That could very well be Heavy posing with them on Haag.

02 January, 2007 12:31

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