Buckles Blog: King Bros. Circus 1954 #3

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Ole Whitey said...: Didn't this canvas spool go to the Beatty show?; 14 July, 2009 14:34
Roger Smith said...: BANDWAGON ran an article on the 1945 Beatty truck show as the largest ever fielded, at something like 75 show-owned units. Now, somebody set me straight--didn't Floyd King at least equal this count with around 70-+ trucks for a number of seasons?

Like Buckles, I never saw Floyd King. He routed us on the Beatty show, and I heard he was on the lot a few times, but I never laid eyes on him, and I wanted to meet him. Of course, every time we got a soft lot, a tight lot, or a lot miles from town, the first general sentiment around the show was, "Thank you, Floyd King."; 14 July, 2009 15:23
Harry Kingston said...: This spool truck to me looks like a Miller-Sanguin(spelling could be wrong)patented spool with a box added to the front. I know the Sanguin machine shop in Hugo made some for other shows.
I have seen very few photos of the 1957 Clyde Beatty circus but I know they rushed to get it on the road for 1957 after going back and forth on rails or trucks and then decided on trucks at the last minute. Since King Bros had closed in 1956 they might have bought it real cheap.
D. R. Millers early 1970's Carson and Barnes had a spool very close to this one except it was minus the box front.
Harry; 14 July, 2009 21:26

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