Saturday, October 06, 2007

RBBB 1953


Scan000010285, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Posted by Buckles at 10/06/2007 05:54:00 AM

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I believe that all four of the wagons under the marquee still survive today. They are in museums. The middle two and perhaps the one on the right were by Springfield. The one on the left may have been by Marx, a Brooklyn vehicle manufacturer. The office wagon that Springfield also built for RBBB during the Gumpertz years also exists.

06 October, 2007 15:18
Anonymous said...

Looks like a red one to me. Too bad that there wern't more of them
after North took over. The super structer was enough to put anyone on the defensive because that looks like the front of a real rip-off.

06 October, 2007 19:57
Anonymous said...

I agree with anonymous. I didn't like it when I saw it as a boy, and never liked seeing photos of it later. It's too close to the front of a carny, and that's too close for comfort.

07 October, 2007 02:38
Anonymous said...

To anonymous..RBBB red ticket and office wagon # 123 is in the collection at Circus World Museum. The wagon's body was constructed with 1/4" aluminum plate. Built originally in the time of horse power, it was mounted on St. Yellow Mary's wooden wheels (which are at CWM) and it was later equipped with pneumatic tires.

In addition, the museum has RBBB Yellow Ticket wagon # 121 which was built in 1935 by Springfield Trailer Co. and on RBBB from 1937 to 1956. The wagon was used to sell
grand stand reserve seats and served as an office.

In 1964, wagon # 121 was shipped to the New York World's Fair and used on John Ringling North's Continental Circus.

RBBB White Ticket wagon # 122 is also in the collection. It too was purchased from Springfield Trailer Co in 1935. Currently, the wagon has lettering stating -Presented by Ringling Bros. -BARNUM'S KALEIDOSCAPE. It was loaned to RBBB for the opening of
the under tent KALEIDOSCAPE.

08 October, 2007 18:48
Anonymous said...

Hi Buckles,
To add to J Goodall comments about the ticket wagons. Ticket office 123 was also sent to the 1964 NY World's Fair along with the Harps & Jesters Air Calliope and several other wagons from the Ringling Museum in Sarasota.
The three sided rear ticket wagon is currently restored and painted silver and is at the Circus Hall of Fame in Peru. They also have the large clown panel from the wagon on display.
Dom Yodice

08 October, 2007 19:52

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