Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Kelly-Miller 1952 #9


Scan13156, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

This George Piercy picture is 58 years old, I wonder if
anyone remains that can name these well known circus fans.
The Great Karnak knows because the names are on the back.

6 comments:

Harry Kingston said...

These fans are ready to snap some pictures as the third guy has a 4 by 5 speed graphic, the press camera of it day.
The next one has an Argus C-3 and the next one down by his side is a $1 Kodak box brownie.
The next guy has some kind of a twin lens reflex camera as it is in it's leather case.
The next guy has probably as 127 size film twin lens relflex camera.
Looks like a great group of big time circus fans.
Harry

Anonymous said...

CFA convention? Paul Van Poole on lf and Don Smith 3rd from rt.?

Buckles said...

Bob King, Johnny Vogelsang, Clarence Shanks, Otto Scheiman, Chalmer Condon, Art Cooksey and George Graff.
Picture taken in Peru.

Roger Smith said...

Otto Scheiman took photos of me when I had the Suesz tigers and elephants in '75. So did Gerry and Kaye Scheiman, all three of whom became great friends and got hundreds of photos of showfolks that have honored places in albums and trunk lids to this day.

Paul Van Poole, mentioned by "Anon", was a regular visitor when we played Joplin, with Castle.

When Dave Price and I visited Peru in '95, among many fans we met there was Art Cooksey. I also enjoyed a great time with Larry Allen Dean, who was working his tigers on the hallowed grounds of the old Winterquarters.

Chic Silber said...

The large press camera being held

by the fellow with his hat in his

other hand is a 4X5 Crown Graphic

which has fewer features than the

Speed Graphic it's richer brother

Both were the cameras of choice

for most press photographers for

many years as they utilized large

format cut film in twin holders

& later on used film packs

Sorry but I no longer have my

old Speed Graphic (gave it away)

Buckles said...

Art Cooksey was the Mail Man on the Ringling Show in the late 1940's.