Thursday, April 14, 2011

Opelousas, La. #1 (From Buckles)


04-13-2011 12;40;53PM, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

My dad wrote on the back of each picture:

"Sells-Floto- Opelousas, La."

But no date. He was on the Floto Show 1930-32 so I assumed these were taken during that time and checked out some 1970's "Bandwagon" articles but came up empty.
I'm sure someone can put a date on these.

Posted by Buckles at 4/14/2011 05:56:00 AM

4 comments:

Lane Taburt said...

It's hard to see how even Dory Miller could have seen the bright side of these photos. Sorta gives meaning to the old saw "hold on to your horses; here come the elephants."

14 April, 2011 06:53
tanglefoot said...

I would assume that the matinee started maybe an hour late o around that time. Hope they got the cookhouse on and Donicker tents up.

14 April, 2011 07:23
Anonymous said...

Buckles- Unless I missed something, a check of the Sells-Floto routes indicates that they played here one time. That was November 9, 1919.
Flint

14 April, 2011 12:19
Dick Flint said...

Apparently, the show was to play Sunday, November 9, 1919, in Opelousas, LA, but the rain caused them to cancel the parade and the continuing downpour resulted in the cancellation of the evening show. Despite the early start on the teardown, the last wagon did not leave the lot until Tuesday morning. Already having lost two days because of Opelousas and with only two more dates remaining in towns where the lots were reported as very muddy, the show canceled its final engagements and returned to Denver. (By the way, the white wagons suggest years earlier than the Ringling era for Floto.)
Dick Flint
Baltimore

14 April, 2011 15:09

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