 I saw on Pat Cashin's clown blog that he was asking for information on a photo he has posted. I have sent this similar ( but not identical ) photo in the hope that you may provide some insight. The only info I have is that it is 1965 Ringling Elephant on the way to the Cow Palace.-BJ You are right, this is the animal walk and shows "Targa" carrying a local "celebrity". For some reason Hugo always had this group follow slightly behind the rest of the herd. No idea who the man is but the zebra's name was "Pasha". Buckles  |
Saturday, March 31, 2007
From BJ
From Anonymous
 RBBB last night entertained thousands of families with FREE TICKETS in a massive rollout of free Opening Night publicity for their New York City premiere at Madison Square Garden. The ticket distribution was handled by the Salvation Army. Too bad the press release didn't mention that the NEW PRICE of Cotton Candy is $12.00, up from $10.00, starting Opening Night when the economically depressed Salvation Army families were invited to attend the circus courtesy of Ringling. Speculation: perhaps the additional $2.00 is going into a special legal fund to battle John Ringling North II over the use of his name now that he bought Kelly Miller Circus. Entirely speculative, but I wouldn't put it pass RBBB to start using red kettles and bell ringers in front of the building with a "SAVE THE CIRCUS" campaign. This donation approach fits right into GREEDY RBBB, they could keep all the donated money and eliminate the need to purchase concession/novelty supplies all together |
Pictures from Barbara #1
 Out of a clear blue sky my wife dropped two folders of pictures on my desk, mostly family stuff including this little gem. This is the Tony Diano Animal Show with the World of Mirth Shows in 1954 with Barbara standing on "Tommy's" tusks. Elephants from L to R "Betty", "Katie", "Tusko", "Mysore", "Calcutta" and "Tommy". Standing in the doorway are "Nackatala" and "Uganda". Rex Williams managed to keep out of the picture, their son Ben was just over a year old at the time (not Benny, not Benjamin) named after Rex's oldest brother, definately not Ben Davenport. |
Pictures from Barbara #2
 Ben and Barbara with the Howard Suesz elephants "Mary", "Ruth" and "Sue" (Clyde Bros.Circus) at LaCrosse, Wis, in 1959. This is the first pyramid of this type done in America. Rex told me that a Circus Fan was showing movies of European circuses when he saw this trick and added it to the act. Again Rex must have spotted the camera but Eddie Akins can be seen in the background. |
Pictures from Barbara #5
 Ben riding "Turk" at the Ringling Circus Park 1974. Former Billy Smart elephants "Carmen", "Mudu", "Rebecca", "Zina" and "Gilda". |
Pictures from Barbara #9
 Big Apple Circus 1994. Ben with wife Darlene and daughters Stormy and Skye. Presenting "Ned", "Anna May" and "Amy". |
Friday, March 30, 2007
From Feline Behavior
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Kelly Miller Circus 2007 #8
 How many do you recognize? "Not many, in the future if you let me take the pictures and I'll let you identify the Barnum & Bailey parade wagons." Buckles I have tried a few times to comment and the blog says to report a problem? Anyway I was going to ID the folks in the photo. Bottom right is Denise (Zoppe) across from her is her mom. In the back is Laura Herriott and Doug Terranova. I didn't know Frank married Gail. She worked at Great Adventure in NJ with me years ago. Gary |
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