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Thursday, February 09, 2006
"Charles Ringling" 1975
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21 comments:
Smokey?
Then another guess. John H.
No! No! No!
I think he was the very first of a long line of Circus World Presidents.
Neither is he the Midnight Cowboy.
You could pass for twins thats for sure. This shows you how much I know of Circus World. I can not keep up with the owners. Cowboys yes.
Could that be Mike Piccolo of Pittsburgh (CFA)?
Not unless he was a Disney World reject. That's where most of our early management came from.
Hello Buckles, and thanks for you reply. Brother Tim and I are wondering if you yourself know who that fella is? This is the first time I have looked at your very interesting blog, though Tim has been prodding me for months to see it. My gut reaction, is 1) it is intriguing to read and look at the pictures, and 2) we need to get you some more elephants or a hamster or something to help you pass more of your free time! (Just kidding!)
Wait a minute, Karen should know who this is, she was at the Park ahead of any of us. She was even there at the ground breaking ceremony.
I can’t place the fellow with the white shoes and the flared no belt polyester slacks. It’s interesting to see the park in 1975; it looks a lot different than 1976 when I blew in. There is an interesting story about that carousel, the yarn goes that the ride came from Coney Island and Jim Monahan sold it to a millionaire who was too poor to ride it as a child. I’m not sure of the verity of that tale, but I pass it along anyway. Great picture of Charley, I’ll never forget Charley on his tricycle and the time Red got it going backwards by mistake. I think it was Red, but it’s been a few years since then.
There was also something about the previous owner's son getting killed while working on the machine.
He had extremely long hair as was the fashion in those days and it got caught up in the gearing somehow.
Didn't Major ride the tricycle through the building? Gary
You’re probably right; all them elephants look the same to me
Monahan sold this famous Merry go Around (minus the lead horse which he had mounted in his home) and bought a shiny plastic ride for a fraction of the price he got for the hand carved musical artwork. Sad to say most people didn’t notice.
Is that Little John in the background??
Not me. When this picture was taken I was most likely skipping class in my senior year of high school and playing with the Indigo snakes at Rock Springs.
When I was eleven my dad asked me what I wanted for my birthday. I said, "An Indigo snake," and I handed him a price list from a place called Thompson's in Clewiston, FL. I think it was $25, which was a hell of lot more than the $5 I'd paid for my first bullsnake, or $1 a foot I'd paid for ratsnakes and kingsnakes. A week later it arrived at the Post Office C.O.D. I had a lot of herps, but that was my favorite right up until I went off to college. By then Indigos had been listed and I could take it out of state and reluctantly gave it to another snake fan.
I hadn't even thought about Indigos in years.
In the seventies, Rock Springs AKA Kelly Park, still had quite a few Indigos. There were two that I saw regularly. At least I think they were the same snake day after day. Unfortunately, I think because of their affectionate nature, and human nature to take home souvenirs you’d be hard pressed to find one at Rock Springs today. Also the park is more like Wet and Wild now days – long lines of dripping tourist hold inner tubes anxious for their turn to jump into the springs to relive themselves.
Looks like Red in the background.
It does look like Red , but I'm not sure he was there until much later, after the big park upgrade? Gary
Performers we remember after all these years. Managers and owners we forget. This should tell you who should be running the performances. Owners should listen to who really makes a circus that the public will pay to see year after year. Not some broadway persons who were never circus. Most of the old owners and producers were performers at one time of their lives.
OK Who is Mr White Buck Shoes?
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