Saturday, November 27, 2010

1920's Ringling-Barnum #4


Scan13273, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Printed on the back:

"Old John"
John L. Sullivan
Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey Circus
Hartford, Conn. July 3, 1932
Died Jan 16, 32

(Writer obviously got the Hartford date wrong, should be '31)

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

The metal tube next to the elephnt's foot appears to be a fence post driver which can also be used to drive metal stakes.
Bob Kitto