Saturday, October 22, 2011

1928 The Circus Pictorial #3

Louie Reed's last season with Sparks was 1923 and his trademark were those long looping straps hanging down beneath the elephant's chins. Looks like they would be difficult to deal with during the act or on the picket line, one more thing to keep them from chewing on. Maybe they unsnapped.
The Sparks Show never had more than nine elephants however I see that the ever dissatisfied Roland Butler has solved that problem.
Buckles
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Posted by Buckles at 10/22/2011 06:18:00 AM

3 comments:

Jack Ryan said...

Buckles,

The great Roland Butler was truly a master at what he called "helping pictures along." Want your herald or newspaper ad to depict 40 elephants when you really have 9? No problem.

I've often tried to imagine what he could have done with Photoshop.

Jack

22 October, 2011 11:41
Dr Livingston said...

At least he didn't put fake ears on them and palm them off as Africans.

22 October, 2011 14:31
Anonymous said...

Could that strap be a hand hold for the girl standing on the trunk?

22 October, 2011 18:28

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