Circus Krone 2008 (From Richard Chipperfield)

DSC04212, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. Hi Buckles, this is Richard Chipperfield from England sending some photos we took while in Germany last week visiting Martin Lacey on Krone. The photo of me with Martin and the two Zapashny Brothers from Moscow together with Mr Urs Pilz.

Circus Krone 2008 #2

DSC04175, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. ............another photo is my mum (Janet) and Martin with his 4 month old son Alexis Henry Lacey Krone.

Circus Krone 2008 #3

DSC04222, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. ...........also another of Martin, myself and his lovely wife Jana.

Circus Krone 2008 #4

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Circus Krone 2008 #5

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Ken Maynard Wild West 1936 #1

Scan10213, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. I came across another Joe Metcalf picture while going thru my Ken Maynard stuff. The elephant would be either "Sally" or "Queen" from Louis Goebel. You Baraboobians should recognize most of these wagons.

Ken Maynard Wild West 1936 #2

Scan10221, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. Mr. Maynard at right (check book in hand) is now the proud owner of a circus. Once loaded it will be California bound. Dick Flint has identified the hand writing as that of Circus Historian, Col. C. G. Sturtevant of San Antonio.

Ken Maynard Wild West 1936 #3

Scan10220, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. The Christy elephants were not included in the sale, this one is "Daisy" I remember her well from my early days in Hugo. Another elephant had chewed the end of her tail off and she used the remaining part like a black-jack. You had to be careful cleaning up behind her. DAISY 1903-16 Gollmar Bros. Circus......1917 Gollmar-Patterson Circus......1918 James Patterson......1924-30 Christy Bros. Circus......1931-40 Leased by Christy to various shows (1931 Barnett Bros.) (1932 Lee Bros. Circus) (1933 Harrington Nickel Plate) (1935 Harley-Sadler Circus) (1938 Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus- Howard Y. Bary)......1939-40 Christy Independent Elephant Act....Sold to Claude and Pauline Webb in 1941. 1941-43 Russell Bros. Circus......1944 Clyde Beatty-Russell Bros.......1945 Russell Bros. Pan Pacific......1946-49 Al G. Kelly & Miller Bros......1950-53 Cole & Walters Circus......1954-55 Famous Cole Circus......1955 Sold to Gran Circo Union (Mexico)

Ken Maynard Wild West 1936 #4

Scan10212, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. Maybe Ole Whitey can explain why they were only showing two days a week.

Ken Maynard Wild West 1936 #5

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Ken Maynard Wild West 1936 #6

Scan10222, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Ken Maynard Wild West 1936 #7

Scan10216, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. Ken Maynard Wild West 1936 #7

Ken Maynard Wild West 1936 #8

Scan10217, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. Isn't this referred to as the Whiskers Cage?

Ken Maynard Wild West 1936 #9

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Ken Maynard Wild West 1936 #10

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Ken Maynard Wild West 1936 #11

Scan10215, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

A repeat of one of yesterday's photos.

Scan10204, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. In response to the comment below from Anonymous, I have returned this picture to it's original state, possibly shedding a little more light on the subject. Buckles My recollection is that this might be Sells-Floto about 1931, or at least some time after the show quit daily parading. I'd bet that the image appears in one of Joe Bradbury's many great season review articles in "White Tops." They pulled the air calliope off the band stand and placed it in a baggage wagon for parade. The front compartment, light duty walls and lack of a lifting rig suggest that this wasn't a canvas wagon. The player and his assistant would have been eating the fumes from the gas engine powering the blower. Anonymous

Joe Metcalf #1

Scan10203, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. No doubt the most travelled elephant man I know of. For some reason, never stayed any place too long but his credentials were impressive. Seen here in charge of the Hagenbeck-Wallace elephants in 1916 with Anna Donovan. JOE METCALF 1910-15 Gentry Bros. Circus 1916 Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus 1918 Howard Bros. Circus 1920-21 Howes Great London (Amer. Circus Corp.) 1922 Gollmar Bros. Circus " 1923 Al G. Barnes Circus (Asst. Supt.) 1924 Robbins Bros. Circus 1925 Gollmar Bros. Circus (Monahan) 1926 Heritage Bros. Circus 1927-29 Sells-Floto Circus 1930-31 Al G. Barnes Circus 1935 Selig Zoo 1936 Ken Maynard Wild West 1940 Lincoln Park Zoo (Los Angeles) 1948 Goebel's Lion Farm

Joe Metcalf #2

Scan10210, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. Gollmar Bros. Circus 1922. Three big elephants are "Nellie Lockhart", "Bughouse Alice" and "Wallace Lizzie". The young male is "Toto". To the unaware, this was Clyde Beatty's first circus. Incidently, Gee Gee Engesser might be interested to know that included among the young elephants is "Mary" later of Schell Bros. Circus fame 1928-35.

Joe Metcalf #3

Scan10204, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. With the Floto Show circa 1928.