Sunday, January 05, 2014

1946 Stevens Bros. #1 (From Joe Fleming)



A set of pictures my dad received from Joe Fleming regarding a Stevens Bros. two day stand in McCook, Nebraska, June 12-13 1946.
Mr. Fleming's comments are included.

Posted by Buckles at 1/05/2014 06:07:00 AM

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

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05 January, 2014 11:18
Paul Gutheil said...

The Stevens show sure didn't like to get their name out there too BIG.

05 January, 2014 14:01
Harry Kingston said...

I will be willing to bet that most of this stand of paper was another circuses and Stevens used what they could and posted there on.
Look at the Bros 3 ring circus and they used a one sheet date to cover what ever was in front of the Bros and you don't cover up your on shows name.
And the date said Here and they did not even have the towns name as it was cheaper to have Here today.
I would really like to know what Joe Fleming said about this show as it sure does not look like much to me.
Harry in Texas

05 January, 2014 18:26
Ole Whitey said...

Paul: You'll notice on both sides of the tiger are three-sheets with the title covered by dates, no doubt because they have another title than Stevens Bros printed at the top.

05 January, 2014 20:55
Richard Reynolds said...

Joe Fleming had a ton of circus photos that he had taken himself.

I got several sets from him. Nice chap and easy to deal with.

After his demise, Bob MacDougall went on a mission to his home to see about buying his negatives. But most were gone by then.

06 January, 2014 00:05
Harry Kingston said...

Richard,
I corresponded with Mr. Fleming and yes a real nice old time fan that was a farmer.
I bet they had an estate sale and some ebayer got the negs as I have a REA express bill when some one at Cole in Louisville shipped Joe a circus wagon wheel and the bill was like $2 or 3 dollars.
No wonder why the circuses used REA for shipping posters.
A real shame a circus fan could not have gotten the negs.
Harry in Texas

06 January, 2014 06:13
Harry Kingston said...

Richard,
I corresponded with Mr. Fleming and yes a real nice old time fan that was a farmer.
I bet they had an estate sale and some ebayer got the negs as I have a REA express bill when some one at Cole in Louisville shipped Joe a circus wagon wheel and the bill was like $2 or 3 dollars.
No wonder why the circuses used REA for shipping posters.
A real shame a circus fan could not have gotten the negs.
Harry in Texas

06 January, 2014 06:13

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