Saturday, October 11, 2014

Eddie Allen #2


Eddie Allen and "Safari" Cole Bros. Circus 1937.

4 comments:

Chic Silber said...


I'm always impressed when I see

wardrobe like this knowing just

how difficult it must have been

to maintain it all by hand

Chic Silber said...


I'd love to see a collection of

"rainy day" wardrobe photos if in

fact such records exist

Anonymous said...

My dad was in the US Navy in the 50's. He said that one of the things they learned in boot camp was to always wash your hands before you touched your 'whites' uniform. (especially going to the restroom!)

I can't imagine keeping those white costumes looking so good, especially on a mud lot and working so closely with animals.

Tony Greiner said...

Back in the Revolutionary War, the French Army had white uniforms. They would maintain the color by dusting them with white clay powder. Or so I have read.