Buckles Blog: Picnic In The Park #16

Thursday, June 02, 2011

Picnic-16, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

(TO BE CONTINUED)

"Notice how high that sidewall is!"
Buckles

Frank Ferrante said...: Buckles -

Do you think the high sidewall was due to the filming? Was that normal for this sized tent? ~frank; 02 June, 2011 09:19
Anonymous said...: Frank,
When Ringling introduced the seat wagons in 1948 the height of the sidewall was increased to 17'.
The seat wagons had a greater pitch to them than the old stringers and jacks. They needed the extra height.
You will also notice that the sidewall is the old faded one. They used it instead of the brand new white one while they were filming to cut down on the light coming into the tent.
Dom; 02 June, 2011 12:56

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