 This is George "Deafy" Denman who worked for the Ringlings 1908 thru 1933 with Barnum & Bailey 1908-09, Forepaugh-Sells 1910-11, Ringling Bros 1912 thru 1918 and Ringling-Barnum 1919 thru 1933.  |
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
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Richard Reynolds says - -
This photo was taken by the late A. L. Chumley, circus fan and photographer of Chattanooga, TN. This is RBBB parading in Atlanta GA on October 18, 1920. The parade is going south on our famed Peachtree St. (toward the downtown commercial area).
This sceneis at the intersection of Peachtree with Ivy St. The building in the background is the First United Methodist Church – then just “First Methodist.”
Photographer Chumley’s back is to the Sacred Heart Catholic Church where I was baptized on October 21, 1934. My wife Delia and I are parishioners to this day. I am at this location each weekend and the Methodist Church is still there.
This was the last traditional parade in Atlanta by RBBB or its predecessors though Feld did stage one here on Feb. 21, 2000 with RBBB-Red using wagons borrowed from Baraboo and teams recruited for the horsepower.
Was this the "Deafy" that JOHN Herriott refers to in GAZOONIE?
"...Deafy was ridin' with me in the cab."
Probably not, it would have been a little early for our Circus Poet Laureate, but that's what I thought of when I saw this nick name!
:-)
Cindy Potter
Unlikely that George Denman ever rode in a bull truck.
I take that back, didn't they march "John" from MSG up to Somers, NY as a publicity gimmick?
Then truck him back on a flat bed truck?
Nobody gives the facts on a photo like Mr. Reynolds, Thank you. You are a wealth of circus info.
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