Digney Pictures #8

RBBB winter quarters, Sarasota, 1958; wire service photo titled "Gone to seed." Show moved to Venice in 1959 and Sarasota quarters was pretty much abandoned. "The lower picture shows the back side of the big elephant barn (or Kraal). In 1957 an old canvas wagon had been revamped into a manure disposal unit with a sliding partition and was spotted by the center door. Once filled, "Topsy" would take it out back into the hinterlands, where a likely spot was selected, she was then moved around to the rear of the wagon and re-hooked to a cable that would slide the partition forward emptying the contents. Quite scientific." Buckles