Friday, November 24, 2006

Johnny J. Jones Shows 1917 #4



According to my records, this carnival bought the Sun Bros. Circus elephants "Alice", "Gyp" and "Sue" in 1919 and sold them to Barnett Bros. Circus in 1932.
Maybe some of you wagon buffs might know if this cage had a circus backgound. Posted by Picasa

Posted by Buckles at 11/24/2006 05:51:00 AM

4 comments:

Bob Cline said...

The ornate carvings on the skyboard, the sunbursts in the wheels, and the corner statues all indicate Circus. I'll be sure that Fred Pfening or Fred Dahlinger could tell us for certain and probably tell us who built it as well.
Bob

24 November, 2006 15:42
Buckles said...

I should have explained that only two elephants were sold to Barnett Bros. in 1932 "Alice" and "Gyp".
"Sue" died with JJJ in 1930.
I don't have anything at all on the Snake King elephant.

25 November, 2006 14:11
Anonymous said...

Whitey is right. In his career, Clyde Beatty's name was the biggest in outdoor showbusiness. Jess Adkins and Zack Terrell got a bank loan in the depths of the Depression, during the winter of 1934, by providing Beatty's name in ink on a contract.

My pal on the '81 Beatty show, Arthur "Old Pop" Furlong, knew the Beattys during their JJJ years, and told me Clyde was never at peace with the carnival world. His equilibrium then was provided by his Jungle Zoo, in Fort Lauderdale. Otherwise, his old friend, Clyde, was ill-at-ease, and all but unapproachable. Harriett later told him Clyde leapt at the chance to throw in on Beatty-Wallace for '43, and return to circus.

25 November, 2006 17:46
Anonymous said...

Snake King ? would that be Manuel (Manny) King ?

25 November, 2006 20:07

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