Monday, December 15, 2008

Banner Line #7


Banner-1, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

"This may be 1952, the year I put up the banner line and sold side show tickets.
Mel Lewis making a bally, with Llama Liz accompanied by Charles Weathersby and his Syncopators."
Buckles

4 comments:

Eric said...

According to Fried, this was taken in Loveland, Texas in 1950

Anonymous said...

Tell us about those "African Tigers" advertised on the first banner.

Anonymous said...

In at least 2 South American zoos

Jaguars in enclosures were labeled

as "Tigres" so maybe the names can

be interchangeable

Or maybe like some circus "Zebras"

somebody painted some stripes on

a couple of lionesses

Chic

Wade G. Burck said...

Hey Frank,
Don't be such a self righteous sod. If I understand your "unauthorized paper" correctly, you probably brokered a deal in the Palm Tree Saloon to market them as African Tigers, because they brought more then African Jaguars at the time, and if they had offered top dollar for South American Elephants, you would have rounded up a herd of those. Aren't they the ones that live to be 300 years old? You did need a market for your larceny, did you not?
Wade