The Rose Gold pictures brought back memories of my often told stories on the Blog of my mother and I seeing the show in 1948 when I was 13, Cap Curtis got us front row seats.
Sixty six years have elapsed and I have yet to see it's like.
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Friday, November 21, 2014
1948 RBBB #1
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My very first Circus. At the olde Garden. I was 6. Thanks for such a great start to today.
Not meant to belittle that show
but it was certainly enhanced
through the eyes of a youthful
circus afficionado as yourself
It was a mere 30 years later
that your illustrious troupe
were the featured performers
That "olde Garden" you mention
Paul was actually Garden #3 on
Eighth Ave between 49th & 50th
At least for some early years
in the "new Garden" (#4) many
"seasoned" folks still used
the expressions of 49th & 50th
to refer to the front & back
tracks & for entrances
That was the year I was born and two months before my birth my father and grandparents took my older brother and sister to see the Ringling show. It was probably to give my mother some rest time as she stayed home so I can't claim to ever have been on a lot when Ringling was under canvas! The program book, however, stayed around the house for some years and was the first one I ever perused. I know its pages like the back of my hand!
The new (current) Garden actually
is situated between 31st & 33rd
as 32nd Street is interrupted by
the Garden & Penn Station joint
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