Monday, May 19, 2008

King Bros. Circus 1946 #1


Scan000011226, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

"Alice", "Mona" and "Mary Ann" on their way to the big top to be put thru their paces.
This is the herd assembled by Floyd King for his latest show.
"Alice" came from Benson's Wild Animal Farm and the other two purchased from Kelly-Miller who had just acquired the five Russell Bros. Circus elephants from Art Concello.

Posted by Buckles at 5/19/2008 06:58:00 AM

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

As you know, when framing the 1946 King show, Mr King bought the 1945 Beatty show and of course that was the former Wallace Bros.

Do you recognize any of the equipment in these pix as being ex-Wallace?

19 May, 2008 11:02
Anonymous said...

Hello Buckles: Did Mona end up with Paul and Dorothy Kelly in Peru, IN? At their auction back in the mid-1980's, I bought an elephant head piece that was quite the fancy leather work with the name "Mona" on it. It was one of three that were sold individually, but I can't remember the other two names. I picked "Mona" as I knew Mona Loyal from the Carson & Barnes Show that I had worked on. Mona is now married to Cindy Migley's son Nick and they are expecting a baby this summer. But is the elephant Mona in this series of pictures the same elephant that I have the head piece for? Thanks for any information that you can supply!
Neil Cockerline
Minneapolis, MN

23 May, 2008 14:28
Buckles said...

I don't know if Mona was ever at Paul Kelly's place but her head piece could easily have been included with the rest of the King Show stuff that was sent there after it folded in 1956.
MONA
1942-43 Polack Bros. Circus
1945-45 Al G. Kelly & Miller Bros.
1946-56 King Bros. Circus
1957-69 James E. Strates Shows
1970- Roanoke, Va. Zoo

23 May, 2008 16:01

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