Thursday, September 20, 2007

Cole Bros. Circus 1930's #8


Scan000010198, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

The body carvings on this so-called "Palm Tree Tableau" originated with a tableau cage that was on Forepaugh-Sells and perhaps Sells Bros. before then. The skyboard served previously on a Barnum & Bailey cage. Like 5/6, it was part of the plunder that Christy bought out of Bridgeport, a summary of which is in Pfening's article on Christy Bros.