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13 comments:
This calli looked much better as
a horse drawn with spoked wheels
Chic: If you're comparing this wagon to the # 6 wagon Buckles posted on June 21st, these two may not even be the same wagon, there having been two of them- generally called the Gentry twins.
The brothers Gentry had two of these built in the early 1900s and used them on different units. The one that is generally called Gentry twin # 2, was the first to be sold off- going to Mugivan and Bowers in about 1914. They used it on their Robinson show, then a couple of leased out shows, then it was in the 1934 Hagenbeck-Wallace parade and finally to Peru where burned.
Gentry twin # 1 remained on the last Gentry-operated "Gentry Bros" on rails until the show was sold to James Patterson and later to the King brothers. These Tennessee natives were belly up by late 1930 and the equipment drifted around- first to the planned Ingramham-Rutherford show, then to Venice Transportation in St Louis- and finally to George Christy in 1936.
Christy sold the wagon to a circus fan Doctor Frischkorn and some time later he sold it to Floyd King who was down and but not out my mid 1956. Again it drifted around but ended up at the Hall of Fame in Peru where it may be seen to this day.
King Brothers Circus was in Traverse City, Michigan in 1957. They may have done a parade downtown and then returned to the lot on Rennie Hill. I remember sitting on the bank on the side of the road watching the parade as the returned to the lot. My oldest sister remembers hearing the calliope while she sat in our back yard which was about a quarter mile away to the west. The west wind would always carry the sound in our direction. That was the case when the Clyde Beatty circus played Traverse City in 1958.
I remember hearing this cally, more than once. A guy by the name of Kinzel,a radio guy from York or Lancaster, used to stand around it all day with his Dad and another guy.
Bob Mitchell was the ringmaster, Jorgen's story book animals, and probably Eddie Kuhn was some of my recollections. Help me, there was an Indian troup on the side show. I am sure some may have better memories.
Bob
Did that twin #1 remain as
an original horse drawn or
was it converted as shown
Twin #1 is the one in the picture hencold by a truck. #2 was never converted to rubber wheels. And Bob, the King show folded in 1956 and the title did not go out again until 1959 under Benny and Remo Cristiani (the "tumbling" Cristiani's).
Bob Good: was it the Keys Indian family?
Robert: George Kienzle was the guy and he was from Lancaster. I have billed there several times and always ran into him. He was a radio announcer and very well known in town. Have also met his dad.
Dick: help me out with this: Did the little Cristiani show have anything from the King & Maley shows or just the title? Also I have long thought the 1960 Duke of Paducah was what became Acme's King show- is this correct? The corp paid Vickie for the King title, probably because IRS still had their eyes on Floyd. I think it was something like 2% of gross.
Chic: Sorry, I guess I didn't make it clear that #1 is the one in this picture.
Keys Family sounds right for the Indians. George Kienzle was really a good guy. Another show around this time was the short lived Barney Bros. I think Maley was connceted with that one as well. They framed it out in the Nazareth fairgrounds. Aberto Zoppe was on that one as well as Truzzi
Hard to believe Truzzi did that show. Jorgen had sold the story book act when I saw it on that one show, but I did see it in Reading at the fair. Too bad the act fell apart soon after he sold it.
Thanks, Dick Flint I don't recall where I got that date from.
Dave, the 1959 King show moved on 18 trucks that Billboard said were "all new to show business." The reserve chairs and banners came from the Cristiani show indicating that that big show acquired new replacements for1959. Doug Lyon did a big two-part article on the 1956 King show and its demise under the Barney and Maley titles in the May-June and July-August 1962 issues of Bandwagon. Nothing seems to have made its way to any Cristiani. As to the 1961 King show, most of its motorized equipment come from the 1960 Duke of Paducah Circus; this was probably Snowden's equity investment with his Beatty-Cole partners who supplied the canvas and any needed capital.
Anyone know what became of Doug Lyon? Last time I saw him was the early 1980s when he was doing PR on the big Michael Jackson tour. He did a number of substantive articles for Bandwagon in the 60s.
Robert: I think that Barney show was just one of the titles that emerged when the two 1956 King Bros units folded in 1956. There was also a short-lived Maley's Circus or Maley Bros. Red Larkin was one of the people who framed a show from King Bros left-overs. None of these attempts made the season and Arnold and Mr King ended up in bankruptcy court. Trucks and animals had been abandoned in several places and it was quite a while before all that was straightened out.
The original Barney show was out during the Depression and was a Jack Foss-Tom Atkinson endeavor.
Vickie Kernan King (Mrs. Floyd King) was awarded the rights/ownership to the title King Bros. Circus by the courts in Macon, Georgia. She first leased the title to the "Little Cristiani's) for the seasons of 1959 and 1960. After that, she was paid for use of the title by the Acme Corp. The heirs to Floyd and Vickie King never sold the title.
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