Wednesday, June 20, 2007

From Richard Flint


Orange-Moon eles 1926001, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

This picture, taken on William "Honest Bill" Newton, Jr., and Cy
Newton's 1926 Orange Bros-Moon Bros. show, threads back to a number of
comments made recently on your blog. The elephants shown are Diamond
on the left (the one-tusk male formerly with Hagenbeck-Wallace who
should not be confused with Black Diamond) and Jap/Japino on the
right. Any idea of the people in the picture? Note the fancy
headpieces on the girls and that blankets are on both elephants
Dick Flint
Baltimore

"No idea who these people might be but I strongly suspect that the rider at left is an Elephant Emperor." Buckles

Posted by Buckles at 6/20/2007 06:10:00 AM

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Emperor?? The headpiece on the right looks like one we've seen in other pictures here. cc

20 June, 2007 08:20
Anonymous said...

So these are the elephants that 'slim' lewis talked about in I loved Rogues?

20 June, 2007 17:37
Anonymous said...

The Elephant Emperor, a dandy dude dressed in drag. May I have this dance you fetching creature you?

20 June, 2007 17:44
Darren said...

Josephine Fisher was on the Orange Bros and Moon Bros Circus in 1928.
Josephine "Little Jo" rode on the head of an elephant for the street parade. She also helped to present the elephants, according to her sister Ruby Haag Brown. I don't know if she is the female rider in the photo. She was 13 years old while on this show. The Fishers joined when it passed through Medora Indiana.

22 June, 2007 00:55

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