Wednesday, February 01, 2012

1940 Hamid-Morton & Wallace Bros. #3

Scan10161 by bucklesw1
Scan10161, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

Posted by Buckles at 2/01/2012 05:44:00 AM

6 comments:

Harry Kingston said...

Dave or Roger,
Are these flat bed truck's or converted coke truck's with cage's added.
These truck's look like from the late 1930's or early 1940's I would guess.
Any info would greatly be appreciated.
And did Clyde own these trucks or did Hamid????
And those wooden cat shoots do not look none to safe.
I bet a few 500 pound lions could tear them up.
Harry in Texas

01 February, 2012 08:58
Ole Whitey said...

Buckles:

Do you recall if working cats were carried in that fifth cage truck at far right? The way it's parked alongside # 4 could allow for a crossover between the two.

I believe this was the only year he carried five cage trucks, thereafter only four.

I've told on this Blog before what Dave Hoover told me: that these were rebuilt Coke trucks.

01 February, 2012 09:53
Buckles said...

I don't remember that much detail.
What I will forever recall was my mother's dire warnings to stay from both the cat cages and those big chimps "Mickey" and "Minnie".

01 February, 2012 10:38
Ole Whitey said...

Harry: I don't think Hamid owned any unit on the show. Maybe a housecar or trailer for his manager.

You know this is Wallace Bros which Hamid leased and repainted for a tour of so-many weeks (was it twenty-three?)

Yes these were Beatty's trucks, later remodeled somewhat but used until he sold them to the new 1946 King Bros.

01 February, 2012 12:37
Hal Guyon said...

This Hammid ex Wallace Bros Circus eguipment was all owned by Ray Rogers and winterquartered in York, South Carolina. They have a Under The Big Top Festival in York every other year to comemorate the Barnett Bros and The Wallace Bros Circuses. A couple of the old quaters buildings are still there, I believe I sent some pictures of them to Buckles a while back. Also Ray Rogers, his wife and midget Baron Novak are buried in York. There are a few of the old circus folks still living in York. Hal Guyon

01 February, 2012 21:42
Hal Guyon said...

This Hammid ex Wallace Bros Circus eguipment was all owned by Ray Rogers and winterquartered in York, South Carolina. They have a Under The Big Top Festival in York every other year to comemorate the Barnett Bros and The Wallace Bros Circuses. A couple of the old quaters buildings are still there, I believe I sent some pictures of them to Buckles a while back. Also Ray Rogers, his wife and midget Baron Novak are buried in York. There are a few of the old circus folks still living in York. Hal Guyon

01 February, 2012 21:42

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