Monday, August 23, 2010

Barnett Bros. 1930's #1 (From Buckes)


Scan13085, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

My dad wrote on the back of this picture:
"Barnett Bros. Circus Parade early 1930's."


What a piece of Americana frozen in time.
The two vehicles at right appear to be carrying side show people.
Aboard the flat bed is a Bass Drum and Bag pipe concert in progress,
something you don't hear every day.
Buckles

Posted by Buckles at 8/23/2010 06:11:00 AM

7 comments:

Harry Kingston said...

Yes a great photo of Main street America U S A.
My question is where are the banners covering that empty wall in the middle of the photo.
That would have been a great place to advertise on.
Harry

23 August, 2010 10:44
Chic Silber said...

This device down front is an old

gas pump where the attendant (or

you) would hand crank an amount

of petrol up into a glass jar

that had volume markings on it

before it would flow by gravity

into your tank (no power required)

23 August, 2010 10:50
Jim A. said...

The gas pumps were Red Crown and White Crown (ethyl), products of Standard Oil (now BP). I remember buying Red Crown but at least they had electric pumps.

23 August, 2010 13:42
Chic Silber said...

Standard Oil was forced to split

into about 7 separate companies

due to a Federal anti trust act

Only 1 of which BP purchased

The main part of the company

became Standard Oil of N J and

was known as "Esso" (then Enco

& finally Exxon which is now

partnered with Mobil) Socony

Mobil (with the red Pegasus)

was Standard Oil of N Y

I believe Standard Oil of

Canada still goes by "Esso"

I could go on but I won't

23 August, 2010 14:32
Buckles said...

There was a filling station with a pump like that near us in Hot Springs in the early 40's when I was a kid.
The handle was upright maybe three feet long and the owner Dewell would crank it from side to side like a metronome to fill the glass tank above.
Seems like it held about ten gallons. We never owned a car but I would go down there sometimes to watch the old timers play checkers and get updates on the war.

23 August, 2010 14:32
Chic Silber said...

The old pumps I recall at the

small general store a few miles

from the farm I grew up on had

rotary hand cranks

In the late 40s my grandmother

was embarrased by the 27 Buick

that my grandfather kept up in

showroom condition until he was

forced into replacing it with a

52 Chevy that he never liked

That Buick was a classic

23 August, 2010 14:46
Ole Whitey said...

I like that second unit. A flatbed, which probably served on the road as a lumber wagon, carrying a lone clown with a bass drum and towing a cage.

Harry: We tried to square that hit but the guy had been stung the year before by a Lucky Bill Newton outfit and he said. "Never agin."

23 August, 2010 23:33

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