Buckles Blog: Early Cole Bros. Circus #4

Thursday, December 08, 2005

On the lot in LaCrosse, Wis. 1939. Jess Adkins (co-owner of the show), Adolph Andro, Fred Seymour and Fred Gollmar.

Anonymous said...: I think it was Joe McKennon who wrote in several of his booklets that Adkins was in his opinion the most talented of the managers and bosses to come out of the shows based around Peru.; 08 December, 2005 10:30
Anonymous said...: You have to remember that Jess worked for Floyd King years before on the early Cole Bros shows. This was before he worked for the Corp. shows out of Peru. The man with the turned upped shoes.; 09 December, 2005 00:35
Anonymous said...: McKennon, obviously never overawed by the Ringling boys, also honored the managerial acumen of Adkins and Terrell by noting they had no brothers to help them.; 09 December, 2005 03:48

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