Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth 1909


Barnum & Bailey parade on a hot day in Iowa City, Iowa July 13, 1909. People in shirt sleeves and straw hats.
How about that howdah? They could have had room for a TV and air conditioner.
I'm sure this old cow is "Gypsy" who went back to 1873 with P.T. Barnum.

Posted by Buckles at 2/14/2006 07:35:00 AM

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

The men look like they might be from India

14 February, 2006 08:20
Buckles said...

Fortunately this helps to identify the Barnum & Bailey elephants on parade. The Ringling men were dressed in red tunics and white helmets.

14 February, 2006 08:39
Anonymous said...

What happened to old "Gyp" anyway?
I believe there were one or two others with that same name and its confused people over the years.

18 February, 2006 17:29

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