| This picture, with what looks to be Cap Curtis in the foreground, is the reason the spool was unsuccessful. The wear and tear of dragging the canvas across the ground each day. |
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Sells-Floto Circus #4
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Fred Buchanan also had a canvas spool wagon but little is known about it. One assumes that the device transgressed the Curtis patent and thereby was dropped after infringement proceedings were threatened. Wayne Sanguin and Kelly H. Miller later received U. S. Patent 2,536,571 on January 2, 1951 for his device.
There is terrific coverage of both the Cap Curtis and Art Concello seat wagons and canvas spools in issues of either Bandwagon or White Tops, if you know where to look--meaning I can't find mine right now.
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