Friday, February 06, 2015

Hagenbeck-Wallace #15


9 comments:

JIM ELLIOTT said...

NICE HERD--What year?

Chic Silber said...


Sinclair "A Great Name in Oil"

Founded by Harry F. Sinclair

in 1916 & in 1926 Sinclair Oil

introduced its new high octane

gasoline H-C Houston Concentrate

Chic Silber said...


So this must be after 1926

Richard Reynolds said...

This is Birmingham, AL on Saturday, October 17, 1934. Note the Alabama Motor Inn on the right.

The elephants are on 5th Ave. N. having turned into it from 19th St.

The imposing white building in the upper background is the Federal Building and US Court House. I've been there.

It would take careful handling by Supt. Cheerful Gardner to keep such a long, single line of elephants under control. He did not double them up as RB and B&B did when they paraded back in the day.

Richard Reynolds said...

CORRECTIONs - - OOPS - - No,it is Wednesday, October 17, 1934 - -not Saturday

Further the parade is not entering 5th Ave N from 19th. It has just passed the court house on 5th. Note the open space in the roadway in front of the court house.

That is the Two Jesters steam calliope bring up the end.

Chic Silber said...


Thanks for the correction Dick

I would have gotten it wrong on

next week's quiz

Ole Whitey said...

I've shared many a brown ale with Richard and never heard him called "Dick."

Chic Silber said...


My apologies for the informal

greeting & I guess I owe both of

you a few rounds of brown ale

No disrespect intended

Chic Silber said...


Many years back there was a chain

of terrific sausage shops in NY

titled "Zum Zum" & they had the

best brown ale on tap as I recall