Buckles Blog: RBBB 1950's #10

Tuesday, May 04, 2010

Scan12921, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

"Elephants Can't Break NYGEN CORD The General Tire"

Anonymous said...: Didn't they also test mattresses, trucks, tractors, the local high school football team and so on?; 04 May, 2010 10:30
Richard Reynolds said...: This is 1955. Note the Thanksgiving float for the “Holidays” spec.

It was a sort of poor man’s reprise of the one of that name from 1942. I have 8mm movies of artists working on that and other floats under a canopy in Sarasota WQ in March 1955. I have the impression that such was a departure from the previous practice which saw work on the floats done in New York studios before the show got there.

In the background we see wagon # 146. Note that the Ringling title is in larger letters than that of Barnum & Bailey. That was part of a conscious effort to highlight the family name while downplaying B&B.; 04 May, 2010 11:56
GaryHill said...: Hugh has a nice white outfit on?; 04 May, 2010 19:04
GaryHill said...: HUGO, my bad!; 04 May, 2010 19:04
Buckles said...: Neat looking rug too.; 04 May, 2010 19:24

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