I stand corrected. Dave gives us proof of the photo from '26, on Barnes. That whiteface had me wrong. His later makeup was the only one I knew for sure.
Thanks for the photo of Kinko with the signature. I surely would not have thought it was him, as I said in my other post. Well, 1926, a year before I was born, is a long ways to my season with Kinko in South America in 1961. I know he is is a photo of clowns with my dad on the Cambell Bros Circus in 1913. I did spot him there. This photo makes it all interesting. Thanks again, Jackie LeClaire
I can remember during Kinko's last years with Ringling he'd sit back in Clown Alley fastening little gold safety pins to multicolored leashes for the chameleons the bug men sold to earn a few extra bucks. How he was able to see to do that ws a marvel as, by then, his eye sight was so bad Mark Anthony would have to take him back to the train at night so he wouldn't get lost. Kinko was a gentle man. Bob Momyer
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I stand corrected. Dave gives us proof of the photo from '26, on Barnes. That whiteface had me wrong. His later makeup was the only one I knew for sure.
Thanks for the photo of Kinko with the signature. I surely would not have thought it was him, as I said in my other post. Well, 1926, a year before I was born, is a long ways to my season with Kinko in South America in 1961. I know he is is a photo of clowns with my dad on the Cambell Bros Circus in 1913. I did spot him there. This photo makes it all interesting. Thanks again, Jackie LeClaire
Around forty three years after this classic photo was taken, Kinko applied for a clowning position with RBBB.
Mel Miller, in charge of hiring, said that Kinko had to audition first.
I told Mel that he should get down on his knees and THANK Kinko for the opportunity of him joining the Big One!
I can remember during Kinko's last years with Ringling he'd sit back in Clown Alley fastening little gold safety pins to multicolored leashes for the chameleons the bug men sold to earn a few extra bucks. How he was able to see to do that ws a marvel as, by then, his eye sight was so bad Mark Anthony would have to take him back to the train at night so he wouldn't get lost. Kinko was a gentle man.
Bob Momyer
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