Tuesday, July 22, 2014

From Chic Silber


Thought this might be good to add today, I noticed it was drawn by Roland Butler.

Posted by Buckles at 7/22/2014 08:47:00 AM

5 comments:

Chic Silber said...


What a tremendous loss due to

the monumental ignorance of the

politicians & their cronies of

Sarasota back in the day (not

they are any smarter now)

22 July, 2014 09:01
Chic Silber said...


I know the location was along

the Eastern side of Beneva Road

just North of Fruitville Road

Can someone add the direction

of this aerial view

22 July, 2014 09:06
Richard Reynolds said...

This view looks east.

Downtown Sarasota was (is) behind the sketch artist.

The drawing is quite good and covers almost all of it. There was another baggage horse stable to the right of the one shown, making three horse stables altogether - -one for ring stock and two for draft stock.

The 2nd draft stable was torn down during 1940 as was the camel and zebra barn shown at the top of the sketch. The relatively small number of remaining camels and zebras were then moved into the baggage horse stable shown here.

22 July, 2014 20:23
Dick Flint said...

That main road through the quarters runs due east and so the seven railroad sidings veer off from the main siding and head due south (to the right in the illustration). This sketch appeared in a 1930s program (too lazy tonight to go look it up!) and in a number of the winter quarters guides that appeared in the 1930s and 40s. Thanks to its labeling on the buildings and their use, this is an important and delightful historical source.
Dick Flint
Baltimore

22 July, 2014 21:34
4pawfan said...

The baggage stock were only in Sarasota a couple of years. After John purchased the American Circus Corp., the baggage stock went to Peru for the winter to save money on shipping box cars of hay south to feed them all. After the strike in 1938, the baggage stock went to Peru and sold. I have always been surprised that more collars and harness hasn't turned up on e-bay as it was all 1st class. I think in looking for it on ebay, I have only seen one "rbbb" collar turned into a mirror in the last 15 years.
They did not use local hay, from what I understand at the time, as it had too much sand in it. Even today, cattle raised along the coast will only last about seven to ten years as the sand will wear their teeth down.

p.j.

23 July, 2014 22:16

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