Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Barnum & Bailey 1880's #1

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Posted by Buckles at 4/25/2007 06:11:00 AM

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

This photo looks as though everyone's as impressed as I to see these Carrages in there Appropriate Setting -

25 April, 2007 07:59
Anonymous said...

Mother Goose followed by Little Red Riding Hood. The Mother Goose float part of the Circus World Museum collection has just been restored and gold leafed.

Little Red Riding Hood figures are being carved in the wood carving shop of Homer Daehn in downtown Baraboo, WI

25 April, 2007 10:19
Anonymous said...

Richard Reynolds says - - -

If you blow up the photo and look closely at the zebra team you will note that the legs are pure white, devoid of stripes.

That was typical of a very rare form of the Burchell zebra, scientifically called “equus quagga burchelli,” that occurred in South Africa. Some say the purest form with totally white legs and white tail is now extinct. However, that was not true in the days of the Barnum show when this photo was taken. Other experts now say that the genes that made this zebra still exist in the more common Damarland zebra and that the one with pure white legs and tail was only a local race that does indeed seem to have disappeared. If there is one group of animals that the taxonomists are regularly redefining, it is the zebras with their wide range of striping patterns.

26 April, 2007 13:49

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