Buckles Blog: Lucia Zora #1

Sunday, April 05, 2015

Yesterday's pictures of my wife brought to mind the Elephant Empress of her day Lucia Zora.

Chic Silber said...: The Sells Floto title was long

forgotten by most folks when it

was demothballed in the late 60s

plucked from the depths of the

burried treasure obtained in the

multi faceted Feld transactions

Bobby Johnsen took with him to

his grave many valuable details; 05 April, 2015 09:28
Chic Silber said...: It seems that many of the early

elephant folk's outfits were of

a millitary style & I wonder if

that was due to availability of

them from uniform companies; 05 April, 2015 09:32
Roger Smith said...: Many of these uniforms were designated for departments. In the days when workingmen were sedately but routinely uniformed, theirs were darker, with often wide black stripes on the jackets. The more elegant, as seen with Ms. Zora, were special ordered, but quickly constructed by these specialized companies. Mabel Stark's, of which I have 4, came from DeMoulin Bros., of Greenville, Illinois, a firm still in business. These were basically college and high school band uniforms, with style points and colors selected by circus artists from well-illustrated catalogues.; 07 April, 2015 15:40

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