Monday, August 05, 2013

African Elephants #6

8 comments:

Chic Silber said...


Very nice blanket & I like the

spiral stripe on the quarter poles

Isn't this Gunther

Anonymous said...

Sure looks like The Man to me, probably taken in Germany.

Paul

Chic Silber said...


The "W" is for Williams & this is

most likely in the Williams top

Chic Silber said...


Shame Henry can't tell us

Perhaps Jeanette can

Chic Silber said...


A very reliable source confirms

it is indeed Gunther on Kongo

in the Williams Top mid 60s

JC Hall said...

It's apparent that ye/all have not seen the Rings Around the World. A series of European circuses hosted by Don Amiche by Joe Cate., This photo, I am sure, is of that era, Yes, the one and the only "Gunther"
PS Joe father of Phoebe Cates of the Movie Gremlins.

JC Hall said...

Now that I think about it was the Cates circus series that would have been the first time seeing Gunther I recall him taking tickets on the front door, nice segment. Early 60's.

JC Hall said...

Now thinking back I believe I saw the Cates circus series in the theater as I recall it was in color and at that time color TV's were not the norm far and few between ,I also recall the year Nixon and Kennedy were running for the big office while showing the fair in Beaumont Texas the big thing at the fair was an exhibit with a color TV set "WOW"