Friday, May 30, 2008

More on the Christy Wagons #2


Scan10225, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Now seen loaded on a system flat car and about to depart for the Ken Maynard Wild West Show in 1936.

Photo by Leroy W. Sweetland

Posted by Buckles at 5/30/2008 06:26:00 AM

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

The canopy had been removed from the wagon by Christy in the 1920s and they forgot to return it to the proper position before the wagon was shipped to Maynard's place in CA in 1936. As a result, it remained stored in Texas until the early 1960s, when it was finally reclaimed and returned to its rightful position. Such canopies were part of the earliest of circus processional vehicles of the 1840s, originally intended to shield "royal" occupants from the sun's rays. Also found in Texas and taken for preservation were the skulls from a couple Asiatic elephants.

30 May, 2008 08:11

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