Wednesday, February 29, 2012

From my 1978 journal.

02-29-2012 03;51;19PM by bucklesw1
02-29-2012 03;51;19PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

"Trains" #1 (From Toby Styles)

02-28-2012 03;32;25PM by bucklesw1
02-28-2012 03;32;25PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

"Trains" #2

02-28-2012 03;08;52PM by bucklesw1
02-28-2012 03;08;52PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

"Trains" #3

02-28-2012 03;25;43PM by bucklesw1
02-28-2012 03;25;43PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

"Trains" #4

02-28-2012 03;14;06PM by bucklesw1
02-28-2012 03;14;06PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

"Trains" #5

02-28-2012 03;15;31PM by bucklesw1
02-28-2012 03;15;31PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

"Trains" #6

02-28-2012 03;17;59PM by bucklesw1
02-28-2012 03;17;59PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

"Trains" #7

02-28-2012 03;19;18PM by bucklesw1
02-28-2012 03;19;18PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

"Trains" #8

02-28-2012 03;21;58PM by bucklesw1
02-28-2012 03;21;58PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

"Trains" #9

02-28-2012 03;23;18PM by bucklesw1
02-28-2012 03;23;18PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

"Trains" #10

02-28-2012 03;27;39PM by bucklesw1
02-28-2012 03;27;39PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

"Trains" #11

02-28-2012 03;11;39PM by bucklesw1
02-28-2012 03;11;39PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

"Trains" #12

02-28-2012 03;30;01PM by bucklesw1
02-28-2012 03;30;01PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

From Don Covington



Hi Buckles,

Speaking of elephant tubs, here's a photo of the Casselly elephants at the Monte Carlo Festival this year (they won the Gold Clown).

In the video, you can see that the tubs were set in the ring before the act and used for the initial pyramid. It doesn't look like it took any time at all for the lead elephant to get up there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=8ykSiPHv__Q

All the best,

Don

More on bull tubs! (From Buckles)

SAVE1528 by bucklesw1
SAVE1528, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

I thought this gizmo would help highlight the trick.
It's still around, I use it to prop open the barn door.

Gentry Bros. Courrier #1 (From Buckles)

02-27-2012 12;49;52PM by bucklesw1
02-27-2012 12;49;52PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

Whitey, this is a courrier isn't it?
Today it's called junk mail.
No doubt from Floyd King's show in the 1920's.
Whoever put it together sure had a nice assortment of pictures. Some new to me.

Gentry Bros. Courrier #2

02-27-2012 12;53;15PM by bucklesw1
02-27-2012 12;53;15PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

Gentry Bros. Courrier #3

02-27-2012 01;31;32PM by bucklesw1
02-27-2012 01;31;32PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

Gentry Bros. Courrier #4

02-27-2012 01;33;35PM by bucklesw1
02-27-2012 01;33;35PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

Gentry Bros. Courrier #5

02-27-2012 12;56;53PM by bucklesw1
02-27-2012 12;56;53PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

Gentry Bros. Courrier #6

02-27-2012 01;38;12PM by bucklesw1
02-27-2012 01;38;12PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

Gentry Bros. Courrier #7

02-27-2012 01;41;08PM by bucklesw1
02-27-2012 01;41;08PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

Gentry Bros. Courrier #8

02-27-2012 01;46;48PM by bucklesw1
02-27-2012 01;46;48PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

Gentry Bros. Courrier #9

02-27-2012 01;43;00PM by bucklesw1
02-27-2012 01;43;00PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

Gentry Bros. Courrier #10

02-27-2012 01;44;53PM by bucklesw1
02-27-2012 01;44;53PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

Gentry Bros. Courrier #11

02-27-2012 01;48;45PM by bucklesw1
02-27-2012 01;48;45PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.


That's quite a bull tub.
Looks like Deafy Denman has her waving that flag with considerable assiduity.



In our act my dad had all three elephants wave American flags while tuirning on spindles for the grand finale while the band played "Stars and Stripes Forever", he shamed the audience in applauding.

Gentry Bros. Courrier #12 (Back Cover)

02-27-2012 01;50;30PM by bucklesw1
02-27-2012 01;50;30PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

Gentry Bros. Circus 1927

SAVE0052 by bucklesw1
SAVE0052, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

Monday, February 27, 2012

From Dalilah

!cid__123_ by bucklesw1
!cid__123_, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

Having tossed back a few rum and cokes, by the time the waiters came around to sing Happy Birthday, he joined in!

From Paul Gutheil

Buckles%20Bubbles%20BAC by bucklesw1
Buckles%20Bubbles%20BAC, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

RUSHING TO GET TO DIANE (10 MONTHS IN HOSP. AS OF YESTERDAY) BUT WANTED
TO WISH YOU ALL THE BEST
OF GOOD HEALTH AND HAPPINESS .

ATTACHED B'DAY PIC BECAUSE I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE BUBBLES.

A VERY HAPPY/HEALTHY B'DAY,


PAUL

Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione #1 (From Vincent Manero)


Hello Mr Woodcock,

December 2011 has been an historical month in the Paris area. Five Shows have gathered a totoal of
21 Elephants at the same time in the French capital ! I had the great chance to visit all of these Shows and I took
some pictures that I wanted to send to you for the Blog.

Below you will find the list of the Shows, Elephants owners
and Elephants names. I hope that Animals fans from across the pond will enjoy them.

Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione : La
Perle du Bengale (Circus Krone Elephants)
Asians : Colonel Joe, Dehli, Bara, Burma, Mala / Africans : Sandrin, Aisha,
Kenya

Cique d'Hiver Bouglione #2

Circus Krone Elephants

Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione #3

red by bucklesw1
red, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione : Grand Cirque de Noel (Lars Hölscher Elephants)
Asians : Wana Bana, Dehli / African :
Sonja

Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione #4

leg m by bucklesw1
leg m, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

Lars Hölscher Elephants

Cirque Pinder #1

togni by bucklesw1
togni, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

Cirque Pinder (Joy Gartner Elephants)
Asians : Thai, Dana, Pira, Belinda, Baby

Cirque Pinder #2

untitled by bucklesw1
untitled, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

Cirque Arlette Gruss #1

Flavio Togni Elephants

Asians : Babati, Burma, Jumbo, Siam

Cirque Arlette Gruss #2


Flavio Togni Elephants

Cirque Alexis Gruss

Alexis%20Gruss_1 by bucklesw1
Alexis%20Gruss_1, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

Cirque Alexis Gruss
Asian : Syndha (photo by François
Dehurtevent)

Best Wishes from Switzerland.

Vincent Manero

Sunday, February 26, 2012

From Eric Beheim

Ringling%20100-97 by bucklesw1
Ringling%20100-97, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

Hi Buckles,

May your birthday be filled with all the joy and happiness that your blog provides to us on a daily basis.


HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Eric

I hope this birthday goes better than my 5th!

SAVE2205 by bucklesw1
SAVE2205, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

From Chris Berry

When Robert Ringling took control of Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey in 1943, several new posters were introduced - including the Lawson Wood "Monkey Circus" design, and posters promoting the Liberty Bandwagon and the spec "Let Freedom Ring". For its part building morale among servicemen during that critical war year, Ringling-Barnum created special date tails for these new designs and posters such as this one were distributed to USO clubs around the world, the idea being that men an women in the service would have a humorous reminder of yet another thing that they were fighting for - the circus. Very few of these "Tokyo/Berlin" posters survive today - this one is in the permanent collection at the Circus World Museum.

1943 War Bond Parade #1 (From Buckles)

02-25-2012 05;48;20PM by bucklesw1
02-25-2012 05;48;20PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

1943 War Bond Parade #2

02-25-2012 05;13;50PM by bucklesw1
02-25-2012 05;13;50PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

1943 War Bond Parade #3

02-25-2012 05;15;26PM by bucklesw1
02-25-2012 05;15;26PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

1943 War Bond Parade #4

02-25-2012 05;17;05PM by bucklesw1
02-25-2012 05;17;05PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

1943 War Bond Parade #5

02-25-2012 05;40;49PM by bucklesw1
02-25-2012 05;40;49PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

1943 War Bond Parade #6

02-25-2012 05;42;20PM by bucklesw1
02-25-2012 05;42;20PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

1943 War Bond Parade #7

02-25-2012 05;44;20PM by bucklesw1
02-25-2012 05;44;20PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

Saturday, February 25, 2012

From Wayne Jackson #1

1%20bull%20001 by bucklesw1
1%20bull%20001, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

Basle Zoo Bulls
· African Bush Bull
· Born 1951
· Died 1965
· Sired calf at Basle Zoo
· Tanzania via Zircus Knie

Katoto
· African Bush Bull
· Born 1951
· Died 1972
· Tanzania via Zircus Knie
· was impotent


Wayne Jackson
Retired Wanderin’
Elephant Man