Thursday, January 09, 2014

From Eric Beheim


This photo appeared in the January 1944 issue of National Geographic in an article on U.S. cities and states that border on the Gulf of Mexico. The original caption reads:

Stripes Gets His Back Scratched

Citizens of Sarasota, Florida, enjoy free shows when trainers with Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, wintering here, put animals through their acts. Equestrienne Betty Steel makes a pet of a young tiger.

1 comments:

John Herriott said...

This would be Bobby Steel, excellent High School rider and wife of RBBB exec. McCormick Steel.