Masters of the Silver Strand #4

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Masters of the Silver Strand #5

Scan12852, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. Roy Fortune- Wire Walker.

Masters of the Silver Strand #6

MAIL0058, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. Norma Rogers, Ursaline MacIntosh, Eddie Hendricks, Helene Rogers and Flo MacIntosh.

Masters of the Silver Strand #7

SAVE1266, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. The Caudillo Family was on the Cole Show all the years we were there.

Masters of the Silver Strand #8

img146_edited, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. Billy Powell

Masters of the Silver Strand #9

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Masters of the Silver Strand #10

Scan12849, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Hamid in Wilkes-Barre #1

IMG_5396, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. Hi Buckles, I see Dr Don Curtis has done another fine job of portraitures on the Jaffa Shrine (Hanneford) stand in Altoona. Will try to send a few performance shots as am able. Right here, right now, want to send you some photos from the Irem Shrine Circus (Hamid) that was held earlier in the month in Wilkes-Barre. Heckuva weather spread, temps between 70 and 90 degrees. Altoona was alot cooler including some snow flakes and tiny hail. Paul Gutheil

Hamid in Wilkes-Barre #2

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Hamid in Wilkes-Barre #3

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Hamid in Wilkes-Barre #4

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Hamid in Wilkes-Barre #5

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Hamid in Wilkes-Barre #6

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Hamid in Wilkes-Barre #7

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Hamid in Wilkes-Barre #8

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Hamid in Wilkes-Barre #9

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Hamid in Wilkes-Barre #10

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Kelly-Miller 1962 Route Book

Scan12849, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. The walk-thru marquee can be seen in the background with the panels open and photos of the attractions on display. Immediately behind the elephant is one of the concession trailers that rode in the open area of the marquee trailer when enroute.

Kelly-Miller 1962 Route Book (Back Cover)

Scan12850, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. The Sponsor would provide vehicles to tow the cages in the parade and might even add something of their own such as the local Beauty Queen or perhaps the East Cupcake Junior High School Marching Band playing "On Wisconsin!" Buckles

Lecture-Colonial Williamsburg

Lecture-Colonial Williamsburg, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. Illustrated lecture this Friday, April 23, at Colonial Williamsburg 5:30 p.m. in the DeWitt Wallace Museum, Williamsburg, Virginia For almost a century, ornately carved band chariots, tableau wagons, and allegorical floats announced the arrival of circus day in cities and towns throughout America. Richard Flint, a past president of the Circus Historical Society and former staff member of the Smithsonian’s Division of Performing Arts, will highlight the evolution of the circus parade and the carvers, wagon shops, and musical instrument makers who created the telescoping tableaux and cacophonous calliopes featured in these imaginative marches that annually enlivened America’s downtowns. Programs and exhibitions at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum are supported by the DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.