Sunday, June 10, 2007

Cristiani Bros. Cirus 1957 #7


June 10, 1957 Cristiani Bros. #17, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Posted by Buckles at 6/10/2007 05:54:00 AM

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Jim: There was some configuration of the Cristiani top that gave it an aura of its own, and I'm not sure how to describe it. I noticed it several times. I saw them last in 1959, when they billed Waco, but actually played the Eastgate Shopping Center in adjacent Bellmead. I didn't know anyone over there, but had read about them, and it was memorable to see both Mama and Papa Cristiani holding court in the backyard.

10 June, 2007 16:12
Anonymous said...

From what I was told, this tent was a 110' round with 2 -30's and a 45'. My guess is that the center may originally been 40', but that was too small a spacing for the ring needed for the riding act. A 5' extension may have been added. Some other photos of that tent, taken inside suggest that.

10 June, 2007 18:57

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