This George Piercy picture is 58 years old, I wonder if |
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
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This George Piercy picture is 58 years old, I wonder if |
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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
CFA convention? Paul Van Poole on lf and Don Smith 3rd from rt.?
Bob King, Johnny Vogelsang, Clarence Shanks, Otto Scheiman, Chalmer Condon, Art Cooksey and George Graff.
Picture taken in Peru.
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.
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)
Art Cooksey was the Mail Man on the Ringling Show in the late 1940's.
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