Sunday, November 07, 2010

1949 Ringling-Barnum #2


2, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

6 comments:

Chic Silber said...

Kinda looks like this grease joint

was created out of an old bus

Anybody know who or what "Coastal

Trading" from Sarasota was

Wonder if it was another of Art's

"joint" ventures

Ole Whitey said...

I wonder if mid midway diner had been fashioned from the old Frozen Delight truck- see 1931 Natl Geo.

The ticket wagons were still on the side of the midway- what year did they first put them across in from of the marquee?

Anonymous said...

To Ole Whitey- The midway diner was first used in 1933. It was mounted on an Auto car chassis. The Frozen Delight vehicle was always a seperate entity anmd not "re-cycled". The Auotcar diner was in use from 1933 thru 1951 and for 1952 a new unit was built on a 1952 Chevrolet chassis.

The ticket wagons being side by side took place for the first time in 1952. They used individual "pop-ups" with a balloon design on them. Season 1953 was the first year for the "Jack In The Box" design that everybody remembers. The pop-ups actually folded up and (winged) out on top of the wagons. A similar configutration was used at the side show entrance, replacing the canvas banner and the Harps & Jesters cally. This wagon was the side show office and had the air cally mounted in the back end. It was built using one of the "Army ammo" cage wagons.
Flint

JIM ELLIOTT said...

There is a Frozen Delight in this pix. Don't know if this is the one you are referring to or not.

Anonymous said...

That bald fella on the right sure doesn't know how to 'flash' a garbage joint very well.

Ole Whitey said...

Thanks, Flint.