tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897242.post7714170248815696883..comments2023-10-30T06:50:17.036-04:00Comments on Buckles Blog: #7 James Bros.Buckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114738213931098664noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897242.post-8490472596593056402018-03-02T16:24:25.969-05:002018-03-02T16:24:25.969-05:00Right, I always heard it was the last Mills top. ...Right, I always heard it was the last Mills top. Uncle Sid got a pretty good deal on it, as this shot shows it up without a patch job in sight. By the time I got here, my Big Top experience had been with Mr. Beatty, but it had been his act under canvas, not mine. At Jungleland, we worked in 2 arenas--Mabel Stark's antique Barnes show cage, and across the park, on the Big Stage Arena. I took the lions out 4 times for Miller-Johnson and once for Al Kayda's little show, but none of these had a tent. Sid Kellner's James Bros. provided me my first time to work cats under a Big Top. The photographer followed us through the Bay Area dates, and took 3 rolls of film just of my act. In spite of years of entreaties, not one shot ever came to me. Roger Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920466115948257597noreply@blogger.com