It's a shame how much it changes the appearance of these old work's of art, by removing the sun burst wheels and replacing them with rubber. They should have stopped using them before "modernizing" them.
The photo above with the sunburst wheels was taken in 1934 when the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus featured their last daily street parade. This is one of the wagons that was taken out of the Peru winter quarters and shipped to Sarasota a year or two before the big wagon burning in 1941. The Ringling Bell wagon also went to Sarasota at the same time. This particular photo was taken in 1943 or later as it had been white with gold carvings in 1941 and 1942 while being used on the Ringling show. In 1949, this wagon was taken out of the Sarasota winter quarters and moved to the Museum of the American Circus in Sarasota. You now know this as the John and Mable Ringling Museums.
Anybody who is interested in real wagon history and beautiful pictures, need only google Bobby Cline's "Sawdust and Spangles." I spend a lot of time on that site indeed.
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This appears to be the same
as #2 above without the top
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It's a shame how much it changes the appearance of these old work's of art, by removing the sun burst wheels and replacing them with rubber. They should have stopped using them before "modernizing" them.
Wade Burck
The photo above with the sunburst wheels was taken in 1934 when the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus featured their last daily street parade. This is one of the wagons that was taken out of the Peru winter quarters and shipped to Sarasota a year or two before the big wagon burning in 1941. The Ringling Bell wagon also went to Sarasota at the same time. This particular photo was taken in 1943 or later as it had been white with gold carvings in 1941 and 1942 while being used on the Ringling show. In 1949, this wagon was taken out of the Sarasota winter quarters and moved to the Museum of the American Circus in Sarasota. You now know this as the John and Mable Ringling Museums.
Anybody who is interested in real wagon history and beautiful pictures, need only google Bobby Cline's "Sawdust and Spangles." I spend a lot of time on that site indeed.
Wade Burck
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