Sunday, January 07, 2007

Silas Green From New Orleans 1937 #1



Silas Green was one of the great Southern Minstrel Shows . On the envelope containing these pictures, my dad mentions a 1922 Silas Green railroad car but alas it is gone. It would appear the show was motorized in 1937. Posted by Picasa

Posted by Buckles at 1/07/2007 06:35:00 AM

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Buckles,

In the 1980's I would work for Jimmy Douglas in the off-season building and painting props and ring curbs. Jimmy told me that when he was in high school back in the 50's, the Silas Green troupe would come to Daytona each year. Jimmy said that the show had a big cast and traveled by rail and that the title "Silas Green from New Orleans" was painted on the side of the coach, but never mentioned if the baggage car had any lettering. He said the show was top-notch entertainment and that the comics were especially good.

Elmo Gibb

08 January, 2007 23:24

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