Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Conroy Bros. Circus 1936 #1




I got involved in Circus History primarily to trace the backgrounds of elephants, therefore my knowledge is limited regarding shows that never had one.
There were a lot of nice looking little shows during the Depression Era.
Looks like the Side Show Manager, Ticket Seller and Ticket Taker are ready to go.
Great banner line but I must admit, I don't know what a Mouse Circus is and the Miracle Girl must be an Illusion. No doubt however, about Punch & Judy, Swordology and Zealla. Posted by Picasa

Posted by Buckles at 11/21/2006 06:33:00 AM

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

What a nice looking small truck show for a Circus Model Builder to copy! There are many truck die cast replicas available that one could work with.

21 November, 2006 09:09
Anonymous said...

Buckles a Mickey Mouse Circus was just what it sounds like. A display with live mice perfoming on miniature props. My Brother Bill and I once had one on the Boardwalk in Ocean City Md.
We had a high diving mouse, a tightwire walking mouse, many waltzing mice. Everything was fine until a buch of stray cats that lived under the boardwalk raided the show on night and ate all the mice! Dick Dykes

21 November, 2006 10:59
Anonymous said...

I forgot to mention we had a 3 ring Mickey Mouse Circus. And that was back around the early sixties. They used to be around a lot of Carnivals as backend shows. Dick

21 November, 2006 11:01
Buckles said...

For a minute I thought you were going to say "We had to start all over from scratch."
But that's the incident when a dog wandered thru the Flea Circus.

21 November, 2006 11:28
24-HOUR-MAN said...

How do you explain the success of "HeeHaw", & "Laugh In"???? They made it big on corn, & one liners.

21 November, 2006 23:08
Anonymous said...

He Buckles it sure would be fun to see a line up of staff and performers who trouped with this show. Maybe you or some of our historian friends,hint,hint, could come up with that information. Its an era where we could probably recognize some people. Its a pleasant surprise to see this series.

22 November, 2006 10:41
Buckles said...

I never knew the Burdettes, even tho we both trouped with Hugo Shows.
Any info on their background would be more than welcome.

22 November, 2006 10:50
Todd Robbins said...

Melvin Burkhart worked on the Conroy Bros. Circus in 1929. It was the first circus he worked.

01 May, 2013 12:18

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