Friday, May 15, 2009

King Bros.-Cristiani Circus 1951 #2


Scan11561, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Posted by Buckles at 5/15/2009 06:29:00 AM

3 comments:

Roger Smith said...

The man in the cap looks and stands like Bert Pettus. I don't know if he was on King-
Cristiani. Does anyone know for sure?

15 May, 2009 17:04
Ole Whitey said...

That domed building looks like WQ at Macon. Central City Park.

15 May, 2009 22:24
Richard Reynolds said...

This and photos #3 and #4 are mislabeled 1951.

No, they are 1952 and were taken by Joe Bradbury on April 5, 1952 at the King-Cristiani opening in Macon.

The same shots were published by Bradbury in his “King Bros-Cristiani,” a review on the 1952 opening in WHITE TOPS for May-June 1952, p.21.

There was no King parade in 1951. Bradbury's piece goes into detail about King reinstituting a circus street parade for the first time since 1939.

16 May, 2009 12:14

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