Sunday, April 24, 2011

To Jimmy Hall


04-23-2011 04;57;17PM, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Posted by Buckles at 4/24/2011 05:58:00 AM

8 comments:

Roger Smith said...

The year for this address would be on interest. When I first knew the Allens, starting in 1965, they had the Pixley, California address that remained theirs for years after Jungleland closed in '69.

25 April, 2011 01:51
Roger Smith said...

I just noticed the Swastika on the teepee. Who is the DCH who drew this, and what was the idea?

Charlie told me in despair of Zulu, their zebra. He said, "We worked for months to get that zebra trained and working for us, and one day as we stood waiting to go on, this little boy yelled, 'Mom! Look at the zebra!' The mother said, 'No, no, son. These are circus people. That's just a horse they painted.'"

25 April, 2011 01:57
Anonymous said...

The swastika is an old good luck symbol, found on lots of post cards from the early 1900's.
Bob Kitto

25 April, 2011 07:25
Anonymous said...

Somewhere I still have a necklace with this - it came from my ggm and was called a german cross long before the nazis embraced it.
cc

25 April, 2011 07:39
Mike Naughton said...

I remember learning about this in high school history, much to my amazement at the time.
From Wikipedia-
The swastika shape was used by some Native Americans. It has been found in excavations of Mississippian-era sites in the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys. It is frequently used as a motif on objects associated with the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex (S.E.C.C.). It was also widely used by many southwestern tribes, most notably the Navajo. Among various tribes, the swastika carried different meanings. To the Hopi it represented the wandering Hopi clan; to the Navajo it was one symbol for a whirling log (tsil no'oli'), a sacred image representing a legend that was used in healing rituals (after learning of the Nazi association, the Navajo discontinued use of the symbol).[28] A brightly colored First Nations saddle featuring swastika designs is on display at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum in Canada.[29]

25 April, 2011 08:55
Anonymous said...

Used by many native Americans as well. Remember seeing it on 101 Ranch material.

25 April, 2011 09:25
Frank Ferrante said...

Thank you, Michael. Your research tidbits always enhance the blog. Have a GREAT week! ~frank

25 April, 2011 12:09
Casey said...

I worked for The Allens right after i got out of high school. They had a property just east of St Augustine drive on US 175. They bought a small Morgon Building and gave me a bed and TV so i had a great bunk house. We started with Zulu on a tetter totter and then started kicking balls. He was a hand full and i was a 18 year old rodeo cowboy who really had to work to handle him. Great times !!!

25 April, 2011 17:24

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