Thursday, October 25, 2018

SPANISH WEB


7 comments:

Chic Silber said...


Front track is on the left (50th Street)

Back track is on the right (49th Street)

Pineapples for the Hawaiian Theme

(Maybe Lovely Luau Ladies)

ToddP said...

Chic ---
The Old Garden at 49th/50th Streets on Eight Avenue was my favorite Garden. My parents took me there to see the circus when I was a very young kid. The arena floor was carpeted in Miles White pink sawdust. There were 3 big cages set up in the rings. There was wires, ropes, trapezes hanging everywhere -- suggestive of the wonders to come. Can you please do a photo essay of RBBB in the Old Garden? Thank you. -- ToddP

Chic Silber said...


Great idea Todd I'll gather some stuff

at a later date as I've got 10-11 days

of travels coming up & yes that Garden

was my favorite also (it was the 3rd)

The first 2 Gardens were actually at

Madison Square at about 23rd Street

Chic Silber said...


The "New Garden" is the 4th

It opened in 68 between 31st

& 33rd Street between 7th &

8th Avenues above the Penn

Railroad Station which is

being extended West under

8th Avenue to have the old

Farley Post Office as the

new above ground edifice

Roger Smith said...

The pineapples were seen in the GSOE film, when during the "Lovely Luawanna Lady" number, the girls on the webs played "Aloha Oe" on the mini-xylophones. I bet they loved trying to play the damn thing while staying wrapped safely on their webs.

I saw Pinito Del Oro in this number, and even if Barbette (or somebody) had 32 or 40 girls up there, Pinito is the only image that went home with me.

Chic Silber said...


They were tiny marching band

style of Glockenspiels Roger

I think they painted numbers

on the flat bars to follow

Roger Smith said...

Shows what I know of musical instruments. Funny the girls played by numbers, since that's how I paint portraits.