Sunday, May 03, 2009

Autograph #1 (From Jack Ryan)


autograph #1, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Buckles,

My task for the weekend is to get my huge quantity of circus books/programs into better order. As I did, found these autographs which your readers might enjoy.

Jack

Posted by Buckles at 5/03/2009 06:12:00 AM

4 comments:

John Goodall said...

The Ringling Family Tree is from the inside cover of THE CIRCUS KINGS by Henry Ringling North and Alden Hatch, published in 1960.

03 May, 2009 14:57
Anonymous said...

Jack, I've always thought you had the best job in the Circus. You got to work with the owners, the artists, the behind-the-scenes people -- and then tell their stories/the story of the circus in beautiful words and pictures. How lucky can you get? -- ToddP

03 May, 2009 18:08
Jack Ryan said...

Todd,

Thanks. It WAS fun. Would not change anything. Sometimes a bit difficult, sure. (These "owners" are not always the finest people in the world! Our job is to make them SEEM that way!)

Henry Ringling North WAS terrific -- a sophisticated and urbane gentleman who could not have been nicer to a punk First of May like me.

Thanks for the comment. Yes, I am lucky.

Jack

03 May, 2009 20:00
Roger Smith said...

Once as a kid, I sent a Christmas card to His Imminence, John Ringling North, just after seeing the GSOE picture. Obviously, JRN couldn't be bothered, but the return card was signed by Henry. I had occasion at times to write him again, thinking that at 10 or 12, he might find a job for me. A nice, but brief letter always came back, one explaining they couldn't place someone so young, and I soon had a number of letters and cards signed by Henry Ringling North. I met him in Fresno. He walked in with two big German Shepherds, and he was elegantly done out in a three-piece suit. He was gracious in spending time talking about Beatty, Codona, and Leitzel. But when he inquired who was working then at Jungleland, I mentioned Eugene "Arky" Scott, and he denied Arky had ever been on the Ringling show. I quietly suggested he was in the picture, and HRN said, "No, we never had him over here." Can anyone with better insight explain this?

04 May, 2009 14:08

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