Monday, June 17, 2019

MORE HIPPOS


Posted by Chic Silber at 6/17/2019 11:57:00 PM

3 comments:

Chic Silber said...


The axle to axle ratio would

make this rig very difficult

in backing up while turning

18 June, 2019 00:09
Roger Smith said...

It sure would. The close proximity of that back axle lends itself to some colorful language.

18 June, 2019 19:13
Richard Reynolds said...

This is the Kelly Morris circus of 1952. The photo was taken by he late Joe Bradbury in Jasper, Ga on September 20, 1952.

The body of the van is what is left of the hippo den built for the John Robinson Circus in 1929.

Because the truck tires make it sit so high, it looks shorter than when it did on traditional steel tired wheels of the rail shows. The same impression was given by the Gargantua cage when it was mounted on rubber highway tires.

This wagon was later on the Hagenbeck-Wallace show in the 1930s and finally wound up with Cole Bros. It was Cole property that was used by Kelly Morris.

The "Kelly" in the title was that of the man who had a circus farm in Indiana for many years.

20 June, 2019 20:36

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