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Sid Kellner quote, ".....and you better be funny!

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#15 B&B

.....another Kellner quote ....."play something you know!

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Dogs' name was "Window". Axel told me he wandered into Winter Quarters and made himself at home. One day they left him in the bunk house while they went in for rehearsal and he crashed thru the window and followed along, hence the name.

#8 Blue Show

"Kernaudi"

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I named this tuskless male after Herr Schmitt. Some of the guys in the crew called him "Huggo".....can't remember why. .....he was just going into his one foot stand, too bad the photographer didn't wait a second longer.

#12 Blue Show

Richard Fick and Michu.

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My daughter and "Charlie" that I trained while we were at Circus World. Somebody told Charlie Bauman that I named the elephant after him and one day he thanked me, when in fact I had Charles Ringling in mind.

#17 Blue Show

He would say, "Sorry! It's not Benny or Benjamin.....just Ben.

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#1 Polack Bros.

#2 Polack Bros.

For the lengthy Medinah Temple Shrine date in Chicago we kept the elephants at a nearby Garage at night and this was our procession to work each morning.

#3 Polack Bros.

Parley Baer, "Stella", Barbara and Sam Ward.

#4 Polack Bros.

"Ziggy".

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Pasadena.

#13 Polack Bros.

.....puttin' the arm on the Boss! Parley referred to Pat as ....."Your Friendly Neighborhood Wild Man!"

#14 Polack Bros.

.....in Parley's living room in Tarzana.

#15 Polack Bros.

Stopped by the Hubert Castle Circus to Show Off  "Kenya" our latest addition, to Bert Pettus.

#16 Polack Bros.

Treasure this picture taken while playing California, my two best friends Jimmy Rossi from my Circus Life and Duane Bowman from Football Days at Hot Springs High. .....talked to Duane a few days ago, now a Business Man out in California.

#17 Polack Bros.

.....the end!

Extra

Forgot to include this from yesterday's set! .....I wonder how she dismounted?

#1 Polack Bros. Circus

While my wife and I were with the Show Irving J. Polack was long deceased and I only remember seeing Mrs. Polack several times while we played Medinah Temple in Chicago. Mr. Stern was the man.

#2 Polack Bros.

This act was quite a sensation when introduced by Mack and Peggy MacDonald in 1955. The act obviously named after the Shows' owners.

#3 Polack Bros.

They opened with a Liberty Drill. "Mary", "Jean", "Millie". "Betty", "Kathy" and "Opal". Several named after their friends Millie Ward, Betty Bell, Kathy Goebel and Opal Paige the Shows' Auditor.

#4 Polack Bros.

Sam Ward in charge of Promotion and Louis P. Stern the best Boss I ever had.