Sunday, April 19, 2009

Ft. Worth Shrine Circus 1955


Scan11577, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

D.R. had three rings of elephants booked into the Texas Shrine dates this year but was short a herd worker. My dad said, "Might as well take Buckles, he has to start somewhere!", a remark that offended me since I already considered myself quite competent and even had the uniform and lash hook to prove it.
I worked "Margaret" (seen above), "Tena" and "Sally". By the time this picture was taken they had slowed down to a crawl, having long since figured me out.
But despite this, I learned that the job had it's perks, this young lady was a Texas local to whom Ora Jo loaned this spec costume.

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