Buckles Blog: From Hal Guyon

Friday, October 17, 2008

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Buckles,
Here is a photo of the poster with the three circus titles.

Hal Guyon

Anonymous said...: One fall out of all the circus combinations was the length of their titles. Barnum, Bailey & Hutchinson, Forepaugh-Sells, RBBB, Barnes-Floto-JR, Two Bills, they all substantially amplified the work for the car and wagon painters and only a few were "short circuited." Only one show, Sells-Floto, developed an iconic logo, a big red "bullseye," to signify the presence of Buffalo Bill on the show in 1914-1915. One wonders why others didn't go with a brand icon? Likely, in those days, the owner's or founder's name meant more than a corporate icon or logo. Today, you know Ronald McDonald, but who's their CEO?; 17 October, 2008 10:01
Anonymous said...: This is the litho I mentioned earlier that I have with the "RBBB Features" bullet on the tail.

I got it from the Tom Parkinson collection when Rick Pfening was selling it a few years ago.

Great collection of titles to have on one bill.; 17 October, 2008 10:37
Anonymous said...: What was this act and what did she do? Was it anything like the upside act that appeared with Ringling.; 17 October, 2008 11:08
Anonymous said...: The reason the John R. title got appended is that one of the Robinson family members was making noise in 1938 about using the title, claiming that RBBB had abandoned it.; 17 October, 2008 12:51
Anonymous said...: ANY RELATION TO UNA MERKEL, FAMOUS SCREEN STAR OF YESTERYEAR?
PG; 17 October, 2008 17:18

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