 FRANK "CHEERFUL" GARDNER 1903- Rinmgling Bros. Circus (Menagerie Hand) 1904- Hagenbeck Animal Exhibit (St. Louis Worlds Fair) 1905 Carl Hagenbeck Circus 1907-09 Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus 1910 Patterson Carnival- J.E. Henry Circus 1911-13 Sun Bros. Circus (Supt. of Elephantrs) 1915-17 Cole Bros. Circus (J. Augustus Jones) 1918 Walter L. Main Circus (Andrew Downie) 1919 Al G. Barnes Circus (Menagerie Supt.) 1920-22 Al G. Barnes (Supt. of Elephants) 1923-24 John Robinson Circus (Corporation owned) 1925-38 Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus 1939-40 Baldwin Park, Calif. Quarters 1940-41 1943 Russell Bros. Circus 1944-45 Arthur Bros. Circus 1946-47 Polack Bros. Circus (Western Unit) 1948-50 Polack Bros. Circus (Eastern Unit) 1951 Howard Y. Bary Zoo Train  |
Monday, March 12, 2007
Cheerful Gardner #11
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4 comments:
Great tribute and pix here.
Where was he in 1936 with HW off the road? Russell Bros?
Buckles what elephants would Mr.Gardner have worked on the Polock Show during that time?
Dave, the H-W elephant herd remained at the Peru quarters all of 1936 with Cheerful and the crew on some sort of stipend while Gumpertz fielded offers from people interested in leasing the show.
This is at Pacific Coast Showman's Rest, a section of Evergreen Cemetery, in Los Angeles. I first visited this grave when we buried Arky Scott here. There is good company in Showman's Rest. Another great at his eternal peace here is Louis Roth.
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