Thursday, January 11, 2007

From Dave Price



Actually I think this is the one that was done for the Fiftieth Anniversary tour. After all it was just the Ringling portion of the title that was celebrating Fifty Years. I think this was only issued in a small window card. The subsidiary shows Al G Barnes and Hagenbeck-Wallace also had small "Golden" window cards that year. I know Barnes had one such of Mabel Stark and HW had one of Beatty.

I believe the posters of several sizes showing the seven founders were issued about 1937.

Interesting points: according to Fred Pfening, III (Rick) John Ringling North stopped using these 7-portrait bills once he took over in 1938, and secondly the portrait of "Bailey" on these might actually be inspired by a photo of George F Bailey rather than by the earlier lithos showing James A.

Dave

(I would suggest that the "Incredible Show" reproduce this window card using Kenneth Feld, Jerome Sowalsky, Tim Holst, Bill Powell and Nicole Feld (without a mustsche of course). Buckles Posted by Picasa

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

All wearing Bello wigs!

Anonymous said...

Why does Nicole have to shave her mustash off?

Anonymous said...

She tries to keep from being one of the boys.