Philadelphia, Pa. Sunday May 23, 1937 |
Thursday, May 10, 2012
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7 comments:
The precision allignment of the
quarters is very impressive
Chic: I imagine Leonard Aylesworth had big top canvas at that time.
I can honestly say that this was
long before my time Whitey & I
hadn't heard that name before
The Whale's last year was 1935.
p.j.
Pete: Whalen was even before my day.
Remember I was just an infant when Barnes-Sells-Floto with RBBB Features played Nashville. Also Robbins Bros with Clyde Beatty were here that year and I missed them both. Rats!
Aylesworth did a year in the pen as one of the responible bosses of the Hartford fire in 44. Later he would be the first president of our Showfolks of Sarasota. Johnny
Former canvas boss Jimmy Whalen is one of the circus notaebles burid in the Baraboo cemetary
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