Monday, December 15, 2008

Banner Line #4


Banner-6, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Posted by Buckles at 12/15/2008 06:39:00 AM

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh, how the wheel of destiny has changed.

15 December, 2008 19:45
Wade G. Burck said...

Buckles,
Was Hagen Bros. Circus the old Howard Suese/Clyde Bros Circus. I saw some old trailers out in the field in Edmond years ago that had Hagen Bros. painted on the sides.
Wade Burck

15 December, 2008 23:37
Buckles said...

You got it right. In 1957 Bob Couls was the manager and Jenda Smaha worked the show's two elephants "Elsie" and "Terry".

15 December, 2008 23:56
Wade G. Burck said...

Buckles,
Thank you. In 1995 when Lou and I were spring cleaning the elephant barn, I found a straw cowboy had jambed behind some support beams on the front wall. It had the name "REX" penciled on the sweat band. I asked Lou, who's hat this was, and he said, "probably Rex Williams, go ahead and throw it away. I had never heard of Rex Williams so I did, but years later, I sure wish I hadn't.
Wade Burck

16 December, 2008 15:28
Wade G. Burck said...

Buckles,
I'm sorry. I meant to type 1975 not 1995.
Wade Burck

17 December, 2008 01:07
Anonymous said...

I'm probably too late jumping in for anyone to see this, but I've always thought Suesz had two units: Clyde Bros indoors and Hagen Bros under canvas. Both shows used phones.

I saw both shows but ten years apart. Clyde Bros featured Poodles Hanneford. I also recall the guy that did an act like Larry Griswald.

When I caught Hagen Bros Joe McMahon was manager. They had one girl on a web and introduced her act as the aerial ballet.

20 December, 2008 17:06

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