thecircusblog | August 31, 2010
This is a very rare photo. From left to right: Clyde Beatty, Emmett Kelly, his daughter Stasia Kelly, Bill Pringle, Evi Kelly, and Monika Kelly. Photo taken June 6, 1961 at College Park, Maryland.
thecircusblog | July 16, 2010
thecircusblog | July 16, 2010
thecircusblog | July 5, 2010
Beatty on the Hagenbeck Circus, 1928. This is an outdoor shot most likely at winter quarters.
thecircusblog | July 5, 2010
thecircusblog | July 5, 2010
thecircusblog | June 30, 2010
A fast shot just before an afternoon performance. Photo taken on the Hagenbeck and Wallace Circus, 1931.
thecircusblog | June 14, 2010
A concerned Clyde Beatty stands by his friend Albert Fleet in the emergency room. During Albert’s act, “Mick”, a large male chimp attacked him and mauled his right hand and ultimately he lost some fingers. All great ape trainers know this can happen and I myself was always on guard. Chimps can be double trouble… [...]
thecircusblog | June 14, 2010
Photo was found in an old mid 1960 Clyde Beatty Cole Bros program.
thecircusblog | June 14, 2010
Clyde Beatty with “Menelick” 1938.
