Saturday, April 27, 2019

TOPS #12


Posted by Chic Silber at 4/27/2019 11:39:00 AM

4 comments:

Tony Greiner said...

There's a rag bag, but plenty of kids seem interested.

27 April, 2019 14:49
Roger Smith said...

At one low point, Emmett Kelly booked he and his wife on Gentry Bros. He was appalled when he arrived, describing the Big Top "as ugly and patched" a piece of canvas as he had ever seen. Long after reading his book, CLOWN, I found a photo of that show, and it looked worse than this one.

27 April, 2019 17:49
Chic Silber said...


This was a Stevens Bros top

27 April, 2019 19:06
Roger Smith said...

I would not have known whose it was. There is colorful history on both Big Bob and Little Bob, tall grass showmen with the best of them.

28 April, 2019 21:22

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