Boston Garden, 1960s, interesting shot of elephant in ring; RBBB always played indoors at Boston right after NYC—some years, they played 5 or 6 days, other times 10-12 days. Many years ago, while still in tents, RBBB used to slightly beef up program in NYC and Boston—I think Clyde Beatty—for instance—only played these spots for Ringling and some aerial thrill act would also be booked for indoors only. |
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
From Jerry Digney #1
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This is "Minyak" of GSOE movie fame, easy to spot because of her bum ear.
Hugo Schmitt once told me that she was born in the Hagenbeck zoo and in fact he touched her before the mother did.
Her life story would make interesting reading, from being herded under an overpass during the Allied bombing, to finding sanctuary in neutral Sweden, to coming to America and "Minyak! is your foot getting tired?"
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