Posted By thecircusblog on January 27, 2012
These teams of horses are waiting along a railroad siding where the circus train flatbeds are loaded with wagons. Each car or flat may have up to four wagons on it. Long wagon wheel rails are mounted at the back of the flat bed and the wagon is then rolled down the two rails to the ground. It now becomes the team of horses job to pull the show wagons to the lot. Each circus wagon is loaded to capacity with all the circus equipment. This photo is part of the Val Streit collection. She does not know what circus it is in this photo or where it was taken. Her grandfather, C. “Whitey” Jensen traveled with Al G. Barnes and Ringling both and at that time were rail road shows in the early 1930′s.
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Posted By thecircusblog on January 27, 2012
When this photo was sent to me by Val Streit, she accidentally cropped her grandfather’s name which was Casper Whitey Jensen. I believe he is on top of one of the Ringling elephants in this picture.
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Posted By thecircusblog on January 27, 2012
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Posted By thecircusblog on January 27, 2012
From The Val Streit collection.
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Posted By thecircusblog on January 27, 2012
From the Val Streit collection. These route cards were sent like clock work to “Whitey’s wife. Casper “Whitey” Jansen, was the Boss Canvasman on the Barnes show.
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Posted By thecircusblog on January 27, 2012
This I believe is the envelope that contained” Whitey’s” last pay.
Val Streit collection.
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Posted By thecircusblog on January 27, 2012
Joe and Eva Horwath on the Atayde Bros circus, photo late 1959 or 1960. I understand that Gil Gray sold his show’s cat act to Atayde in 1957 or 1958. Joe worked the cats for the Atayde circus. In 1957 Eva Vasquez married Joe Horwath. His son and grandson at this time are seeking information on Joe concerning where or what show he was with during the years of 1967 to 1972. If you have any information, email me and I will put you in touch with his family.
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Posted By thecircusblog on January 27, 2012
I believe that the young man in this photo with Joe is his son Joseph. This photo was taken on the Atayde Bros circus. The year is unknown to me, most likely in the 1950′s.
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Posted By thecircusblog on January 27, 2012
Joe is lifting the safety door of the cat cage. This door was 6 foot long by 6 or 8 inches high and was used for cleaning the inside of the animal cage. It also made it much safer and easier to feed the cats by sliding the chunks of meat though the opening. This horizontal door was hinged to the bottom of the steel bars and would only open wide enough to do the jobs explained above. This photo taken on the Atayde Bros circus 1958 or 59.
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Posted By thecircusblog on January 27, 2012
Horwarth’s “Boxing Chimps”
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These teams of horses are waiting along a railroad siding where the circus train flatbeds are loaded with wagons. Each car or flat may have up to four wagons on it. Long wagon wheel rails are mounted at the back of the flat bed and the wagon is then rolled down the two rails to the ground. It now becomes the team of horses job to pull the show wagons to the lot. Each circus wagon is loaded to capacity with all the circus equipment. This photo is part of the Val Streit collection. She does not know what circus it is in this photo or where it was taken. Her grandfather, C. “Whitey” Jensen traveled with Al G. Barnes and Ringling both and at that time were rail road shows in the early 1930′s.
