Like automobiles, I could never tell parade vehicles apart so I'll add the information provided.
My father wrote on the back of this one, "Last Barnum & Bailey steam calliope, picture taken late B&B or early RBBB."
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Sunday, October 26, 2014
Calliopes #1
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All steam pipes & fittings are of
very heavy materials due to the
tremendous pressure they carry
There have been many disasters
Steam pipe is schedule 80 which
is much heavier than schedule 40
which is standard water pipe
The poet Vachel Lindsay wrote a poem in honor of calliopes and the circus. He used the "Kally-ope" pronunciation.
You can read the "Kallyope Yell" at http://www.unz.org/Pub/Forum-1913nov-00647
Barnum & Bailey Horn # 23 per Conover/Pfening list Nov-Dec 1969 BW.
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