Sunday, April 20, 2014

Wagons Of Wood & Men Of Iron! #1


Posted by Buckles at 4/20/2014 04:39:00 AM

3 comments:

John Shepherd said...

According to Richard Conover, this wagon - America - was one of four ordered by Barnum and Bailey in 1903. The carved statuary on top retracted into the body of the wagon for transport. The statuary itself was inspired by (copied from?) four stone statues that surround the spire of the Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens, London.

20 April, 2014 17:24
Ole Whitey said...

John: The U S Custom House in lower Manhattan also has copies of the Albert Memorial groups.

The Africa top figures survive at the Ford Museum of Transportation in Dearborn.

20 April, 2014 21:10
Ole Whitey said...

I should have mentioned what most readers already know: that the lower portions of America and Asia- greatly altered- survive in Baraboo at the Circus World Museum.

20 April, 2014 21:13

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