Monday, March 12, 2007

Cheerful Gardner #3


This is the earliest picture I have of Mr. Gardner with the Patterson Shows.
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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Buckles...Is this picture gaffed? Twelve guys or fifteen hundred pounds on animal. I once tryed to get Riddle to let me use his big elephant for a mounted band. Planned to use five small musicians and animal would have to walk three mile route of GCP. He said absolutely not for animal benefit and I always wondered what the max would be....Paul Ingrassia

Anonymous said...

I can just see George Carden redesigning his houdas.
A neat photo.One would wonder how many musicians an elephant could carry in a parade? I guess it would depend on how much the instruments weighed, also whether they were being played?

Anonymous said...

I am smiling trying to design a safety rigging that NYS would approve. An crane bar between 2 giraffes w/ mechanics attached to each of the musicians. They wanted to put a cable on the cannon act one year. cc

Anonymous said...

12 guys times 160 lbs. isn't 2,000 lbs. And one could put a wagon with how much weight in it on a dry road? Parades weren't three miles long is most towns in those days either!