Buckles Blog: Beatty-Cole #13

Saturday, October 11, 2008

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Casey McCoy Cainan said...: That chair and barrel would probably be worth a few bucks now days.; 11 October, 2008 18:01
Anonymous said...: Casey,
The props probably wouldn't bring much because us OF's lost all our retirement lately. Just Kidding.
Bob Kitto; 11 October, 2008 19:53
Anonymous said...: One can't blame the prop guys, as they were beleagured with constant fatigue. But this photo depicts the tired disregard often seen in prop handling. Here is Clyde Beatty's chair, tossed to one side, right in the path of the guy-out gang. The barrel was merely rolled off the back of 51 Wagon, and allowed to drop on the ground, resulting in an egg-shape that required daily pounding back into some semblance of round with a sledge hammer. But the barrel survived and was among the props that made it to Thousand Oaks, with the last of the Beatty cats, sold to Jungleland by Dave Hoover.; 13 October, 2008 19:59
Anonymous said...: Roger,
How many chairs were on the top of the cage truck in 1964? As I recall some church or other org had given them to Clyde. I thought there were enough to last several years.
Bob Kitto; 13 October, 2008 20:07

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