Buckles Blog: More Sells & Gray # 7

Thursday, December 20, 2007

This picture was taken in front of a Sells-Floto wagon at the Circus Hall of Fame.

Buckles said...: Very clever, these Sells & Gray advance guys, eliminating the word "Floto".; 20 December, 2007 06:39
Bob Cline said...: Wasn't everything at the Circus Hall of Fame old Ringling wagons? I noticed the dual wheels and undercarriage that is typical of the RBBB days. Sells-Floto never made the transition over to rubber wheels did they?
Bob; 20 December, 2007 09:50
Buckles said...: Maybe it's Forepaugh-Sells.; 20 December, 2007 10:00
Anonymous said...: Bob you are correct. Most of the wagons at the old Hall of Fame in Sarasota did indeed come from the Ringling winter quarters.
The Hall painted the wagons various colors and used different names on some of the wagons.
This particular wagon that the lovely ladies are standing next to was actually the old #36 stake and chain. When I first saw it in 1966 it was painted white and had Sells-Floto in red.
Unfortunately this wagon no longer exists except for part of the undergear in Peru.
Dom Yodice; 20 December, 2007 10:48

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