Friday, May 08, 2009

1972 Blue Show back yard #8


1972 Ringling-8, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Elephant tent.

3 comments:

Marco said...

Both tents (elephant tent and horse tent)resemble very much the animal tents of Circus Williams/Germany. Is it possible that theses are the actual tents brought over in 1968 or just similar constructions?

Buckles said...

I was told that these were Swedish Army tents, the brainchild of Trolle Rhodin.
I thought they were great inasmuch as the side wall was permanently attached eliminating the problem of wind blowing under the eave flap in frigid weather.

Marco said...

Thanks for clarification.
Pictures of the old Williams elephant tent can be found here.
http://www.circus-williams.de/modell_elefantenzelt.htm