Buckles Blog: Ringling-Barnum 1937 #1

Saturday, May 09, 2009

Scan11648, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

JIM ELLIOTT said...: Can anyone tell me what that is, laying on the ground, between the two wagons? It looks to me, as if, it is either, a hose or very large rope.
What might it be used for?
Thanks,
Jim Elliott; 09 May, 2009 08:37
4pawfan said...: Wagon #1 was the dining dept. water wagon with the tank in the bottom half of the wagon. #3 was also in the dining dept. and carried the field ranges.; 09 May, 2009 10:02
Richard Reynolds said...: The wagon on the far rightlooks like the back end of No 88 hippo cage. Note the pneumamtic tires and what seems to be the lower rear end of the hippo's bathing pool. No. 88 got pneumatic tires in 1935.; 09 May, 2009 17:09
J Goodall said...: To Bob Kitto: were these 3 also take by your dad, Charles Kitto?; 12 May, 2009 16:11
Anonymous said...: John, I'll let you know, but I doubt if they were dad's photos, because the town does not ring a bell with me.
Bob Kitto; 12 May, 2009 19:45

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